Power of Choice
This week, I came across an article by Jim Rohn titled, Change Begins with Choice.
Powerful!!
Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we
can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can
start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We
can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.
We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of
having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can
choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt
over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we
continue to nourish the cause. As Shakespeare uniquely observed, “The fault is not
in the stars, but in ourselves.” We created our circumstances by our past choices.
We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning
today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more
time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth. They
need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth.
We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the
wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest
difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very choices that
will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and
needing to make changes in their life - If you don’t like how things are, change it!
You’re not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life
- and it all begins with your very own power of choice.