Choices

We live in a world of possibilities and possibilities give us choices. Lots of choices. But, many of us don’t see the possibilities and therefore, we don’t realize what choices are available to us. When things don’t go the way we thought they should or when something happens to us that is unfortunate, we still have a choice. We can believe “things happen for a reason” or we can choose to become a victim of the circumstance. We can discover possibilities in even the most difficult of experiences if we are willing to look for them. It is what we choose to think about each experience that determines how we respond to it. How we respond determines whether or not we find richer, more purposeful, more joyful lives. We are the only ones who can choose our attitudes and the principles by which we live.

Whoever you are, whatever has happened to you, be sure to remember that you have always done the best you could with the knowledge and skills you had at the time. As you grew, had more experiences, and learned more lessons, you may have looked back and thought you could have done better, but you couldn’t at that time. You can now. You can make different and better choices.

We can all begin to live new lives any day we choose. It doesn’t mean our old lives go away. It means we’ve started down a new path. Yet, developing new beliefs isn’t always easy. We have to commit to this new way and that takes work. Like any other journey we take, we will surely come across roadblocks, dead ends, and detours. We may even run out of energy. But, we must remember, we have the power to make the choice of which direction we will take and whether or not to complete the journey.