Showing posts with label choice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label choice. Show all posts

September 14, 2011

“Get busy living, or get busy dying.” Shawshank Redemption

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Choice. We may not feel the empowerment when we are engulfed in the wreckage of a tangled life, but it is there. Despite the most desperate of situations, you can choose your reality - your thoughts, feelings, perception.




“Everything can be taken from a man but the last of the human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” - Dr. Viktor E. Frankl




I remember struggling with purpose in my life, then reading a book called “Man’s search for meaning” by Dr Viktor Frankl. If the above quote doesn’t resonate well with you, I recommend reading it - it is a game changer - the game in your mind. When your mind is calm, it’s irrelevant that the world is spinning out of control. You can only steer things you have control over.




Release your grasp on the steering wheel of life and open your mind to peace.




“The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.” – Dr. Viktor E. Frankl


August 31, 2011

You Make the Call for choices in your life!

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“If life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” Proverbs 


"When the world brings you to your knees You're in the perfect position to pray." unknown 




 I recall watching a tv show when I was younger where the announcer would show a clip of video and the contestant was chosen to ‘make the call’ for what action came next in the video. Based on the current situations, comic, tragic or otherwise, the participant would make the call for their reaction; their response - what event came next. 


 Interestingly, the audience 'best guess' of the sequence of events was not always straight forward and correct. 




The point being, things aren't always what they seem, and things don't always happen as planned. 




Rather than struggle with trying to smooth out the externals, the biggest rewards come from fostering our internal wisdom and acceptance!




 So when you’re flying with turkeys, handed lemons or brought to your knees, remember......


 ‘You make the call’ of how you move forward with what you've been given!