A Commitment To Life: Choosing To Love Life In An Often Unlovely World

                   A Commitment To Life
     (Choosing To Love Life In An Often Unlovely World)
              (c) Lee Wise All rights reserved
 
I choose respect over pride-filled disdain,
and sincere honor over selfish flattery.
 
I choose to unearth treasures of goodness instead of
crumbling before the weight of widespread evil.
 
I choose truthfulness over the easiest way out,
and faithfulness over convenience without commitment.
 
I choose to value the beauty within by not reducing a
person's worth to the size of a waistline, amount of net
worth, or ability to help me achieve my self-centered
pursuits.
 
I choose the joy of making a small difference with someone
as opposed to making no difference with anyone.
 
I choose to hear the laughter of a child as over and against
the drones of an adult whose maturity is defined more by his
accomplishments than his awareness of life itself.
 
I choose to spend more time dreaming about my possibilities,
refocusing my energies, and realigning my values than I do
rehearsing my failures.
 
I choose to carefully listen as opposed to caring less and
revealing it more.
 
I choose to flourish in the freedom of forgiveness as
opposed to remain enslaved by the tyrant of never ending
bitterness.
 
I choose to escort laughter into my world instead of
wistfully longing for its arrival at the assault of
each untried day.
 
I choose to exchange blame for responsibility, cruelty for
compassion, and the mindset of rigidity for the heartbeat of
a caring, understanding individual.
 
I choose to value the complexity of loving in the messiness
of real life instead of relinquishing that privilege on the
altar of misguided self preservation.
 
I choose action as opposed to resignation and involvement
instead of isolation.
 
I choose to cherish relationships more than the counterfeit
value of acquiring currency without concern and dollars
without devotion.
 
I choose to love the God I know and serve the God I love.
 
I choose life.
 
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