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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.
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