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. The 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.
From Change Begins with Choice by Jim Rohn
Personal Reflection:
In my very own personal life, I have a lot changes and still some more changes are in the offing. What is important for me now is be very wise and prudent in making those choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives as pointed out by Jim Rohn. Indeed, we can make choices that can manufacture our joy, or choices that can create misery. It is really a great gift to have this freedom to choose. To use this freedom of choice in a responsible and loving way makes a lot of difference.
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