Choices

Choices Have you been affected by a tragedy that has changed your life forever, resulting in a life of negativity and unhappiness?  Maybe it was a divorce, a death of a loved one, an altercation with a dear friend, a loss of a tremendous amount of money in a failed business, loss of home?   Now, do you know of someone who went through similar situations and yet became a better person as a result?   Did you ask yourself, how did that happen?  Why did one person react in a way that ruined their life, and the other reacted in a way which improved their life? The answer is it’s never the incident that causes the problem, but how we react to the incident that determines the outcome.  These incidents happen to many people but the individual reactions are varied. The reason they are so varied is because we have choices.  Life is a journey that gives us many opportunities to make choices, and each choice has a definite effect on whether we have a successful journey or a troubled one. When we were children, our parents made our decisions for us.  There came a time when we should have the ability to make our own decisions based upon information and guidance we had received from our studies or our mentors. Decisions:·     To get up in the morning on time for school, work, or appointments. ·     To eat mostly healthful food so that we could have a healthy body.  ·     To exercise regularly to add to your healthy lifestyle. ·     To do well in school.·     To be the best you can be in all your endeavors.·     To continue studying so you could become more informed. ·     To right a wrong that we have done.·     To forgive someone.·     That “good enough” is not good enough. It is either good or bad, nothing in between.·     To eliminate “try” and “can’t” from your vocabulary and follow Yoda’s advice.Lastly, making a decision as to what we want to accomplish with our life. Doing your best is far superior to doing something “good enough”.  Doing your best will give you great results and give you a sense of ride in a job well done.  Feeling good about YOU is a good thing!