This excerpt really resonated with me. We all have an active choice in how we want to be and live.
"On Making Positive Choices For a Happy, Empowered Life"
By Sam Russell, tinybuddha.com
Choose to smile.
Choose to not let your boss get you down.
Choose to understand other people, even if they seem like the most awful people alive.
Choose to be confident.
Choose to not be scared.
Choose to be who you are, not who someone says you should be.
Choose to dream.
Choose to believe in the good we’re all capable of.
Choose to know that we all hold darkness within us.
Choose to ask the questions that challenge rigid assumptions.
Choose to walk away.
Choose to take a risk.
Choose to reconnect with those you thought you’d lost.
Choose to open your heart and forgive.
Choose to remember those you miss.
Choose to keep living even though it seems impossible at times.
Choose to move on from everything that makes you miserable.
Choose to be strong.
Choose to go out there and achieve your desires.
Choose to defy.
Choose to do the right thing.
Choose to do the wrong thing.
Choose to laugh.
Choose to be happy.