Something to ponder on

 I heard a quote the other day that caught my attention.

“What you are not changing, you are choosing.”

This quote has been on my mind, and it has caused me to think about the graphical outline of my life. How well does it connect and flow together?  

If I were to sit down and write down and evaluate my spiritual, mental, and physical health and add all of the fine details of who I am and what makes me me, I would want to crumple up the piece of paper and start all over again just to see that most everything written down would remain the same with the possibility that it was written just a little neater.

It is a challenge to look at your life on paper.

I would whisper, “This isn’t what I had planned.”  Nothing seems to be turning out how I had initially pictured in my youth. I don’t think life ever turns out the way most of us would have expected. Connecting the dots of life events becomes complicated, and most of us could admit that we stopped trying to connect the dots long ago. I no longer attempt to predict my future, and I have adjusted my life jacket, making it a little tighter, and brace myself for the white rapids of life’s unpredictable outcomes that can come on quickly.

Not everything that happens in our lives, our worlds, can be changed.

We don’t choose some of the most challenging trials and hardships that throw daggers at us from every angle. We can’t control everything. However, one thing that I am quite positive about is that we have control over our mindsets. And my goodness, if you DO NOT LIKE something, I do believe that there are things that you CAN do to help ease the suffering. Make good choices. Choose not to settle and choose not to be stagnated...choose to be in a place where change is possible. Choose to stop complaining about it because complaining is destructive to yourself and those around you. Choose to not damage the good that is in your life.

Focus.

One of the most important things that I have learned over the years, that hasn’t changed, is how important our spiritual mindset and health is. If I didn’t have a strong testimony and belief system, I am pretty sure I would be on the side of the raft without a life jacket, clinging on for dear life. The spiritual part is what keeps me afloat. 

Something to ponder on.

“What you are not changing, you are choosing.”

What and where in my life can I change? What am I choosing?

Don’t overthink it. You already know what things you need to change in your life. Now, for the hard part, how will you choose to change those things? If I were to encourage a beginning point I would say, find God. Seek Christ. Remember who you are. Also, be kind to yourself.

Mindset. Be positive. CHOOSE to see the bright side. Find joy in the little things. Have gratitude. Find peace in the process.