Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to make important changes
in our lives. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our
mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any
day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it
immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.
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. They 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.
Author: Jim Rohn, America's Foremost
Business Philosopher. http://www.jimrohn.com/
