Positivity: Choice

There are always choices.

Sometimes they don’t seem to be ours, and sometimes they are hard to even get a good look at, but there are always choices available to us.

No matter how bleak a situation may be, there will be choices available to change it. Some are surprisingly simple while others are immensely complicated. But they exist, none-the-less.

People often become mesmerized by what they are told by outside influences. They are told there are limitations, they see that there are few to no options before them, they are told it is all beyond their control.

But this is completely untrue. There are always choices, always options to be had. Of course, if you are already in a really sub-optimal situation you may not like your choices…but you still have them.

Humans are truly unique animals. We don’t just cycle through life surviving, we get to choose from a mind-boggling array of options. We can choose where we want to live, what we want to do, whom we want to be with. We can choose from day-to-day things like the foods we eat and the clothes we wear to grand notions like where to place ourselves and our career paths. There are practically infinite choices around us.

We are not so restricted as we are often lead to believe. We have choices, but we have become complacent and conditioned as such to give those choices to others. Choice is not an abstract idea as much as we think it is, choice is part of what has made the human race the dominant species of this planet.

It is in exercising choice that we can improve our lives. One choice that should seem obvious – things that make us feel good. Things that make us happy. Choose things that are positive and build even greater positivity.

Sometimes this is easy, but when it is not that is not the time to ignore it. Work to see your choices, and work to choose more frequently for yourself. Know that making choices is a surefire way to create more positivity for yourself, and thus make more positivity for us all.

Finding positivity is not hard, it just requires action. Knowing that we are never without choices, we have the ability to greatly empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we often spread that feeling to others around us, and as such can build more positive feelings. We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we take away negative feelings, we open up space to let in positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for. Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. Positive attitude begets positive energy, and that is always a good thing.

This is the fifty-second entry of my Positivity series.  It is my hope these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone.  Feel free to share, re-blog and spread the positivity.