Choice

Today's word reminds us that our free will is what gives us power. Every day we are presented with numerous choices, each one affects us and those around us. The wise recognize the immense responsibility involved in decision making and choose carefully. They weigh the outcome of their decisions based on how it affects everyone ultimately. Use your immense personal power to make the best choices. At any given moment one wise decision might bless yourself and many others.

Recognize that choice also brings about challenge as well. When we make decisions to act in haste without careful consideration, or when we choose not to act at all and be passive, or when we knowingly make choices that are harmful to ourselves or others - our personal power is made destructive, by our own hands. Choice determines whether our power is used for growth or for destruction. Choose wisely; take note of the effect of your decisions. Your choices may carry more weight than you realize.

Today's Exercise:

Be aware of the power in your decisions. Be careful to weigh the outcomes of all choices you make, even the seemingly small. Are there any decisions you have been putting off? Work through these and as you do look at what is causing you to delay taking action. Are your choices healthy ones? How have your choices affected both yourself and those around you?

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