A funny thing happens when you are in the midst of a crazy tumultuous time in your life. It’s like the whole time you know you’re preparing to enter a storm, and you have faith that you have all you need to defeat it, and you’re optimistic about the outcome. And feel ready for it. And then you invite it to battle.

That’s how it is for me, anyway. I lay in wait for the perfect time to make a move. Like the ultimate chess game. And I’m not willing to play you unless I invite you in. But I wait for you to invite me first without even knowing it. The subtle cues. The mannerisms. The things that make your pulse go up…especially that look I give you that tells you directly right off the bat that I’m reading into your soul at every moment and you will not be able to escape the pull.

And that’s right about the time you realize fully…..that you’ll never be able to conquer or defeat me, no matter what move you make against me.

Because even when I lose, I find a way to turn it into a win.

That’s my power.

Check Mate.