This is the remarkable story of Dewey Bozella. For over 26 years he fought to prove his innocence for a crime he never committed. His story has come to light as the 2011 Arthur Ashe Award for courage.

His story is testimony that it isn’t where you start, it’s where you finish !

His story speaks so much of CHOICE.

How everyday we have the opportunity to CHOOSE how we feel and think. To CHOOSE how we respond. To CHOOSE how we interpret what happens to us. To CHOOSE how we go forward.

He chose to forgive. He chose to not let where he was (free or in gaol) define his happiness. He chose to make himself happy. He chose character and integrity and not admitting to something he didn’t do. He chose to take a bad position and make it better. He chose to never give up and write a letter every week to the Innocence Project in the hope of finding justice. He chose to move on and look forward after his case was dismissed after almost 30 years, despite the obvious injustice and arguably corruption by the original prosecution.

And there lies the challenge for us all. To CHOOSE and create our world by the decisions we make, to CHOOSE the self-talk we have, to CHOOSE the mindsets we accept and harbour, and TO CHOOSE the actions we take.