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Change Begins With
Choice
by Jim Rohn
Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any
day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new
knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish;
we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next
week, or next month, or next year.
We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the
idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain
as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education,
delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to
make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. As
Shakespeare uniquely observed, "The fault is not in the stars, but in
ourselves." We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have
both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning
today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers
or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need
the truth. They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth.
We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us
down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make
the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make
the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily
lives.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone
seeking and needing to make changes in their life - If you don't like how
things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally
transform every area in your life - and it all begins with your very own
power of choice. |
