Life is not easy. If we are being honest with ourselves, most of us do not really know what we are doing most of the time. We are simply making the best decisions we can with the information we have. We are trying our best. And we will often be wrong. We will make poor … Continue reading The Best We Can
Life will not always go your way. When it doesn’t, you have two options. On one hand, you can be upset, angry, or self-pitying, wishing things were different than they are. On the other hand, you can accept what life is offering you as a gift, embrace it as an opportunity to grow, and face … Continue reading Choosing Attitude
When one thing in our lives causes us the majority of our difficulty, discomfort, or distress, we must ask ourselves whether it is that thing or us that needs to change. This means we must determine how important this aspect of our life is to us. Is it essential or nonessential? Can we live without … Continue reading What Needs To Change
Many years ago, I was speaking to a dear friend of mine, a long time spiritual advisor to me, about a difficult decision I had to make. I could not figure out what the right thing to do was. Neither option in front of me was necessarily better or worse than the other. From an … Continue reading Make A Decision
Every day, we get to choose whether we are going to live better or die faster. While we cannot control all of the external variables of our lives, we can control how we respond to and interact with them. We get to choose how we behave. We do not get to choose the entirety of … Continue reading Choosing Better Or Worse
