“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.” Walter Anderson
Category Archives: Thought for Today
If you celebrate your differences
“If you celebrate your differences, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it—through the words you use to describe yourself, the actions you take to care for yourself, and the choices you make to express yourself. Tell the world you are one-of-a-kind creation who came here to experience wonder and spread joy.Continue reading “If you celebrate your differences”
Choosing the Worst Thing for Us
“As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all – the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’sContinue reading “Choosing the Worst Thing for Us”
Choose!
“I won’t tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world’s voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely—or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the worldContinue reading “Choose!”
Lesser Evil
“Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.” ― Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Two Roads Diverged
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Today’s quote is from the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. I encourage you to read the poem in it’s entirety and take a few minutes to reflect on what theseContinue reading “Two Roads Diverged”
you need to make choices
“You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.” —Fred Rogers
Beliefs are Choices
Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices.”― Roy T. Bennett
Choose life
“This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” The Bible (NIV), Deuteronomy 30:19, Accessed from Bible Gateway
Today I choose life
“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” — Kevyn Aucoin Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/choices-quotes
