You choose. And you act on your choices. I read a book once called "The Road Less Traveled" and one passage in that book really struck me so intensely that I've remembered it always.
This woman was complaining and every suggestion her counselor made, she knocked down with an excuse. He handed her all the tools she required to better her life and she absolutely did not want them, not one single one of them.
That's how it is - you have to choose and then act on it.
Look at it this way - you're on a horse that is running blindly across the prairie and all you have to do is reach out there and take the reins and pull!!! Or, you are in a boat and drifting down a fast flowing river, and you are heading for a falls and when you go over that falls, you are gonna die! You have 2 oars in that boat with you and you are sitting there yelling "Oh no, I'm gonna die!!!!" but you are not lifting a finger to grab those oars.
You are the owner of your life. You choose for yourself. You are the one who decides what chart to course and where your life is going. You and you alone have all this power over your life.
Positive talk ... It begins with a thought, maybe a desire. I first desired to quit smoking. Then, I obcessed over it and thought about it a lot! Then, I took charge and did something about it - I bought the patches at Walmart. Got in my car, drove to Walmart, found a decent parking spot and walked in the store. Yeah, I wandered around in other departments for a while before I finally headed over to the smoking aids aisle. But, I did it!
Now, I'm at 82 days quit. It began with a decision to take charge of my life again. And guess what, that was like a tiny little spark that lit a bonfire in my life!
This bonfire is monsterous. This bonfire can be seen for miles and miles and miles. It is big, let me tell you! And it is moving in my life like you wouldn't believe. I am alive. I am loving every second of this responsibility. I choose and I decide and I chart my course.
I am moving in places that I never dreamed I would move and I love it! I have spent years passively allowing my addiction to control my life. I am free at long last and I will never ever ever walk into that bondage again.
Be happy people, be in control, and be free.
