It's Your Choice

Lately, I've been stressed. I've been on edge. I've been easily angered.

I have been trying to settle my mind in the morning and find that loving space within to tune into, but I just could not hold onto it for very long. I hung out with my kids and there was the feeling, then I diverted my attention for a moment and it was gone again. I just could not seem to carry it with me throughout my day.

This morning I woke up and hopped right out of bed, I came to the living room sat down and closed my eyes. I heard a voice say, "I choose to be happy." Guess what, I became happy.

I realized that I had been just running on autopilot and not making the conscious decision to be happy. Sure, I wanted it, but I never decided to be happy.

We as humans have a powerful gift, our ability to make a choice. Our choices can change our lives. Most of us just go around and let our unconscious run the show. We forget that we can always start making different choices and get different results.

It reminds me of George Costanza on a Seinfeld episode. He decided to do the opposite of what he would normally do. He started by ordering a completely opposite sandwich that usual. It ended up sounding somewhat bizzar, but an attractive lady overheard his order and said, "it's funny. I just ordered that exact same sandwich." He continued on this trend and ended up getting an amazing job working for the New York Yankees.

You have the power to completely transform your life by making different choices.

How empowering!

Here is a little short cut to help you. If there is something you want in life, find someone who has it and ask them about the everyday choices that they make about the thing that you want. Then, make the choice to make those choices.

If it doesn't harm anyone, or go completely against your highest values, go for it.

The thing is that it will feel uncomfortable to make these different choices, but this is part of change. If it was comfortable, you would have already made these choices and you would have what you wanted.

So begin to consciously make your choices. Choose to be happy. Choose to be grateful. Choose to be loving and lovable. Decide what you want and choose to be.