The Power of Choice
Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011
by Krystal Kuehn
New Day Counseling
Every day we make countless choices. We may be tempted to quit, and we must choose if we will persevere. We may want to cry because of a mistake we have made, but we can choose to laugh at ourselves instead. We can allow our anger to become bitter and hateful, or we can choose to release it and let love work in and through us. Excuses can be made for why we procrastinate, or we can choose to take responsibility and action. The words we say and the things we do don't just happen. We choose the words we speak. We choose our attitudes. And we choose our actions and behaviors. That is a pretty big responsibility. No one besides us is responsible for our choices. Sure, they may influence them, but ultimately our choices are up to us.
USE WISELY YOUR POWER OF CHOICE
Choose to love rather than hate.
Choose to laugh rather than cry.
Choose to create rather than destroy.
Choose to persevere rather than quit.
Choose to praise rather than gossip.
Choose to heal rather than wound.
Choose to give rather than steal.
Choose to act rather than procrastinate.
Choose to grow rather than rot.
Choose to pray rather than curse.
Choose to live rather than die.
~Og Mandino
There may be a thousand little choices in a day. All of them count. * You may think that in life, a lot of things happen to you along the way. The truth is, in life, you happen to a lot of things along the way. * Choosing to live your life by your own choice is the greatest freedom you will ever have. ~Shad Helmstetter
Destiny is not a matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: it is not to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. ~William Jennings Bryant
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. ~Kahlil Gibran
Every morning when I get up, the first thing I decide is: What do I want? Misery? Blisfullness? What am I going to choose today? And it happens that I always choose blissfulness. It is my choice, it is my life. ~Adullah
Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it's about doing, being and becoming. It's about the choices you've just made, and the ones you're about to make, it's about the things you choose to say - today. It's about what you're gonna do after you finish reading this. ~Mike Dooley
This bright, new day... complete with 24 hours of opportunities, choices, and attitudes… a perfectly matched set of 1440 minutes.This unique gift, this one day, cannot be exchanged, replaced or refunded. Handle with care. Make the most of it. There is only one to a customer. ~Author Unknown
Copyright © 2011 Krystal Kuehn, New Day Counseling Center. All Rights Reserved.
Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a licensed professional counselor, author, teacher, and musician. She specializes in helping people live their best life now, reach their full potential, overcome barriers, heal from their past, and develop a lifestyle of health, happiness, and love. Krystal is the cofounder of NewDayCounseling.org, a relationship counseling, family counseling center, specializing in helping individuals, couples and families with professional counseling services for relationship problems, parenting issues, depression, anxiety as well a s substance abuse classes, anger management groups, and more. Krystal is also cofounder of StopSuicideSong.com and BeHappy4Life.com as well as Facebook.com/WordsOfInspiration and several blogs.
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