It's Your Choice!

“Fight for your position, and it’s yours.”
A wise man said that to me and it took a while for the lesson of it to sink in. It finally did so I’m here to share the power of that wisdom with you.
 
If you feel like a victim and you want to prove to someone else—or the world—that you are a victim: You are a victim. You choose powerlessness. You choose limitation.
 
If life isn’t fair and you want to hang on to the way you’ve gotten the raw end of the deal, guess what? You get to wallow in the hurt and anger.
 
Psychologist and holocaust survivor Edith Egar said, ““If you blame, you’re still a child.” So, are you ready to grow into something freer and happier? Growing is never ending so go gently: it's not about beating yourself up for mistakes. It is about claiming the glorious gift of freedom!
 
Instead of mentally chaining yourself to the prison of dark thoughts try asking yourself “What is the attitude that will best serve me right now?” You may find answers that improve your life. If you can’t come up with a good shift to make, reach out. (Well, you’re here so you’re on it!)
 
The idea here is to steer your thoughts on purpose.
Your thoughts create your emotions.
So what are the emotions you want to spend your time in?
 
Every one of us has the same twenty-four hours in a day.
What makes those hours become pleasure or pain?
Attitude!
 
It is natural to want to process the hurtful thing that someone said or did—and sometimes that really does need to happen and maybe even with a professional who can teach you the tools to release the pain and move toward the pleasure.
 
It’s your choice. It’s a real choice.
What happens to you in life is not always about choice.
How you respond to what happens is always your choice.
 
You don’t have to do this alone. Find a few people you admire and ask for advice. If you want to know how to lay bricks, you ask a bricklayer. If you want to know how to have a happy relationship, you ask someone in a long time happy relationship. Look for the successful people in your world and find out what they do to keep a good attitude in life.
 
This bears repeating:
It’s your choice. It’s a real choice.
What happens to you in life is not always about choice.
How you respond to what happens is always your choice.

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