Choices

I always have choice in everything that I think, say and do. I may choose to believe that I don't like any of the choices available to me, but that doesn't negate the fact that I have choices. Saying and believing that I don't have any choice in what I think, say or do is a lie, plain and simple. It keeps me a victim and irresponsible. What belief would I have to change or question to know that I always have choice? Am I willing to question it?

I can be irritated that it's cold outside, or grateful that I've lived to see another change of the seasons. I can be judgmental of my family's actions or grateful that they're a part of my life and helping me to learn and grow. I have choice in EVERYTHING. ALWAYS. It no longer serves me to forget or deny this.

How and where in your life do you believe that you don't have choices and don't get to do what you want to do? Are you willing to admit that it isn't true? What might be possible for you if you accepted that you always have choice in everything?

Do You Judge Like This?

Up is no better than down. Right is no better than left. Top is no better than bottom. Why then do we choose to make happiness better than sadness? Peace better than war? Love better than hate? Don’t they all serve us? Doesn’t each one help guide us to a greater understanding of ourselves, others and the world? How then can we judge one as good and the other as bad? The question makes no sense. They’re all equal. They all are. Period. Not right or wrong, good or bad. To assign such labels requires judgment. Judgment requires comparison. Comparison leads to dissatisfaction.

There’s nothing to be dissatisfied with or about. Everything is as it is. The past cannot be undone and the future can only be changed during its present moment. Nothing is accomplished in either the past or the future. Only now. Now is all we have.

What are you doing now? Where are your thoughts? What actions are you engaged in? What are you learning? How are you growing, sharing, connecting and behaving lovingly and compassionately? Right now. In this moment. That’s what matters.