Do You Have a Choice?
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You always have a choice. Even when you decide not to choose, that’s still a choice.
No matter what situation or experience you are having, good or bad, you have a choice. Why? Because you can decide how to think, feel, and act upon whatever happens to you.
Every single day we face choices. Get out of bed, or hit snooze? Watch TV or read? Workout or eat ice cream? Life is a constant set of choices, great and small.
This, however, is a potential source for extreme positivity. This is because you can choose things that make you feel good, or will set up feel-good situations and experiences.
We each get to decide, when things happen in our lives, how those things will impact us. Will we be victims, choosing to see ourselves as helpless and always struggling; or adaptors, choosing to see ourselves as strong and determined? We can choose to wallow in self-pity, or revel in empowerment.
Yes, I know that this can be difficult, and may seem like a lie. Everyone goes through difficult times and terrible things beyond our desires or control. Yet recognizing this, we can also see that we are able to choose how to respond. Do we allow ourselves to linger in negativity, or work on releasing it and seeking instead positivity?
This is why choice is such an important power. There is ALWAYS a choice, even when it looks as if there is not. Some choices are big, some are small, and we can even choose not to choose at all. Yeah, that rhymed, but that makes it no less true. We have choices, but we have to understand what they REALLY are.
What choice do you have?
When we are striving to be more mindful, we can see that our only real control in this life is in regards to what we think, how and what we feel, and what actions we take. Because these are the only things in life over which we have real control, when we choose how to think, feel, and act, we well-and-truly empower ourselves. This, in turn, makes our choices more substantial.
Thought, feeling and action may not seem like much – but in truth, they are EVERYTHING. Consciousness creates reality. Consciousness is thought, feeling is creation, acting is reality. When we are mindful and aware of this, we empower ourselves.
This is why there is always a choice. Because we create the world we live in every day from our ideas, emotions, and behaviors, choosing what they are matters. We are more powerful than we realize, and that is a good thing. You and I are more capable of doing some pretty amazing things in this world.
I know that sometimes this feels like a lie. You may be hurting, depressed, anxious, scared, angry, or some combination of all of these. Yet you can still choose and decide what you desire to have, and change that which you don’t want. It may take work, it may take time and energy, but it is possible.
Believe in yourself. Align your heart and your head, listen to your gut, and ask yourself the questions that will bring you into the here-and-now. When you decide that the choice is yours, and you have the ability to create or destroy with that, you can use your empowerment to seek and create positivity, for yourself and the world at large.
Will you decide to choose?
Finding positivity is not hard, but it does require action
Knowing that you always have the power to make a choice, you can decide how to think, feel, and act to create more and better options in your life. When we recognize we have choices, and we decide to employ them, rather than not choose in any given situation, ultimately we empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we become more aware and mindful, and tend to spread that feeling to others around us. As such, we can build more positive feelings.
We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we eradicate negative feelings, we open up space to let in more positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for.
Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. An attitude of gratitude is a positive attitude that begets even more good energies, and that is always worthwhile.
This is the two-hundred and sixty-eighth 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.
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