Motivation Mondays: LIFE CHOICES
“Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.” John C. Maxwell
Motivation Mondays: LIFE CHOICES
Choices are the hinges of destiny. Edwin Markham
Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. Keri Russell
The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms. Neal Boortz
Some of our important choices have a time line. If we delay a decision, the opportunity is gone forever. Sometimes our doubts keep us from making a choice that involves change. Thus an opportunity may be missed. James E. FaustPS: I update my blog posts regularly with new information and corrections. Do stop by again to check for new insights and to add your voice. Thank you! 🙂
CHOICE: What critical life choices have you made? The phone rang and even though I didn’t recognize the number on my caller ID, it looked familiar so I picked up the phone. On the other end, the caller spoke in a slow, sultry voice. “Hello… please don’t hang up. In the next 30 seconds, I will share the most powerful information you need to hear this year.” Immediately, my antenna for BS lit up. “I’ll show you how you can make $10,000 from your armchair, without batting an eyelid.” Sultry purred. WTF! Of course, the devil on my left shoulder urged me to listen because hey, you never know. The quiet voice of reason on my right shoulder calmly took the phone out of my hand and placed it back on the receiver. Not today…. Frankly, not any day soon will Sultry sell me parts of the Brooklyn Bridge. Every day, in some fashion, we come up against such events in so many different versions. Some of the choices we make are for mundane things, while others are for very serious life changing matters. Whichever way we look at it, we face daily decisions to choose a position and act on it. Some of our choices can change the trajectory of our lives and we view them as critical decisions. My decision to move to the USA was a critical move that meant leaving my family and friends behind in the UK and Nigeria to pursue my own interests. Some of my plans didn’t pan out but, my decision put me on a new life path with new experiences that continue to impact my life.
As a blog friend suggested to me, when I was mulling over my blog topic for this week, the choices we make fall into a wide range of categories. We find ourselves choosing a position on almost anything; our choices are professional, personal, even arbitrary. We make choices about career paths, marriage and motherhood or staying single. We choose to emigrate or stay local, to get healthy or not, to build new friendships and even relocate to new homes in another state. With each decision we make, there are consequences that we must face and sometimes they are quite unpleasant. But we all know that choices, like change, are a necessary part of life and if we don’t make them, we stagnate. Our choices don’t come with guarantees of success, and some of our choices can take us down a new road filled with opportunities, as well as broken dreams and washed up promises. But, we make them anyway because we must act or perish. Baldwin’s advice in the story below begins with the admonition: Don’t Give Up. I agree.
Don’t Give Up…
The Choice Of Hercules by James Baldwin via readbookonline
When Hercules was a fair-faced youth, and life was all before him, he went out one morning to do an errand for his stepfather. But as he walked his heart was full of bitter thoughts; and he murmured because others no better than himself were living in ease and pleasure, while for him there was naught but a life of labor and pain.
As he thought upon these things, he came to a place where two roads met; and he stopped, not certain which one to take.
The road on his right was hilly and rough; there was no beauty in it or about it: but he saw that it led straight toward the blue mountains in the far distance.
The road on his left was broad and smooth, with shade trees on either side, where sang an innumerable choir of birds; and it went winding among green meadows, where bloomed countless flowers: but it ended in fog and mist long before it reached the wonderful blue mountains in the distance. Story contd below.
“It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J. K. Rowling
Motivation Mondays: LIFE CHOICES
Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. Tony Robbins
It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions. Jim Rohn
I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
CHANCE: Did you take a calculated chance? Choices include those we make after much reflection, those we take without thinking, and some we take as a calculated chance at something great. I think people who come up with inventions or scientific discoveries that revolutionize the world take calculated risks and we benefit. I also believe that people who enter artistic contests or go on reality TV shows take a calculated chance that the exposure might bring them fame and fortune. For some, it becomes the path to great success while others flounder and disappear. Even when we figure out a pathway that we believe will lead us from point A to point Z, it takes more than our game-plan to get there. We need to not only be persistent but also flexible and forgiving. Forgiving? What does that have to do with choices? If you’ve spent any time with a successful, creative person, you’d get to hear about the rejections, the naysayers, and the plain and simple haters who tried to derail their dreams. It comes with the territory and we all have our own versions of such stories. Even our own family members can unwittingly derail our plans because they love us and want to shield us from public pain. We have to learn to forgive the mutterings of others and forgive ourselves too for opening the door to such things. Don’t give in to the stuff. The truth is that we all need encouragement to pursue that pie in the sky dream. How would we ever know what might come of it if we don’t try? I think of Elon Musk and Tesla and Space X…. and so many other brilliant creatives who didn’t listen to people who told them their dreams were idiotic. Don’t give in so easily…
Years back, when I was exploring career paths, I was very interested in dance, modeling, the creative arts and mass communications. I took dance classes at Alvin Ailey’s, acting classes and all sorts of other creative outlets. I enjoyed it but my parents didn’t. I come from a traditional family and my Dad wanted his kids to follow the professional path to success. Get an education! Become a teacher, lawyer, doctor, scientist and on and on he went. We followed his lead but I was never 100% sure that I was following my own heart. As the years flew by, a part of me grew frustrated and resentful and it has taken some time for me to get to the place where I had to let that go and forgive myself first for not saying: No, Dad, I’d rather do X… So, whether our choices to take a calculated chance lead us down a rabbit hole or on the brightest stage, forgiving ourselves for our missteps is crucial to our journey. Baldwin’s Hercules, in the story that continues below, knows to not give in. Don’t give in to others opinions about your heartfelt dreams. Listen. Speak up. Find a way to express yourself and go for it.
Don’t Give In…
Contd from above James Baldwin Story
While the lad stood in doubt as to these roads, he saw two fair women coming toward him, each on a different road. The one who came by the flowery way reached him first, and Hercules saw that she was as beautiful as a summer day.
Her cheeks were red, her eyes sparkled; she, spoke warm, persuasive words. “O noble youth,” she said, “be no longer bowed down with labor and sore trials, but come and follow me, I will lead you into pleasant paths, where there are no storms to disturb and no troubles to annoy. You shall live in ease, with one unending round of music and mirth; and you shall not want for anything that makes life joyous–sparkling wine, or soft couches, or rich robes, or the loving eyes of beautiful maidens. Come with me, and life shall be to you a day-dream of gladness.”
By this time the other fair woman had drawn near, and she now spoke to the lad. “I have nothing to promise you,” said she, “save that which you shall win with your own strength. The road upon which I would lead you is uneven and hard, and climbs many a hill, and descends into many a valley and quagmire. The views which you will sometimes get from the hilltops are grand and glorious, but the deep valleys are dark, and the ascent from them is toilsome. Nevertheless, the road leads to the blue mountains of endless fame, which you see far away on the horizon. They cannot be reached without labor; in fact, there is nothing worth having that must not be won by toil. If you would have fruits and flowers, you must plant them and care for them; if you would gain the love of your fellow men, you must love them and suffer for them; if you would enjoy the favor of Heaven, you must make yourself worthy of that favor; if you would have eternal fame, you must not scorn the hard road that leads to it.” Rest of Story Contd Below!
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“Life is about choices. Some we regret, some we’re proud of. Some will haunt us forever. The message: we are what we chose to be.” Graham Brown
Motivation Mondays: LIFE CHOICES
So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes. Sarah Jessica Parker
Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they’re right in front of your face and they’re really difficult, but we must make them. Brittany Murphy
We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals. Stephen Covey
CHANGE: Which CHOICES forced a change in you? With our choices comes a certain amount of change. We make choices daily and it begins from the moment we open our eyes and decide to get out of bed. From there on, our brain kicks into overdrive and we spend the rest of the day … and the rest of our life choosing this, that and the other. We discard some along the way, reclaim others and get stumped by a few choices. Some choices open doors that lead us to phenomenal rewards, while others put our lives at peril. Some choices inspire pride and others great shame. Some of our choices take such a toll on our lives that we are either forced to make a change or one is made for us by others or the universe. An example that comes to mind is ADDICTIONS of any kind. Whatever we are addicted to will eventually take over our lives and perhaps ruin it. Even addictions to healthy things like exercise can lead to excessive workouts, injuries and some form of body dysmorphic disorder. Attachments to terrible addictions like taking drugs can kill us.
If we are forced to make a change, we must weigh the pros and cons and make our choices wisely. Smoking cigarettes was mine for many years but I kicked the habit using NLP hypnosis and never looked back. Preserving my health and wanting to see my children grow up forced me to make a change. Truth is that we all experience ups and downs with some degree of success or failed outcomes throughout our lives. When we fail, some of us blame others forgetting the role we played in our failures. We might attack those we think hurt us and then feel remorse later. While remorse is a helpful emotion, it must be used to move us forward to make better choices. What are you remorseful about? How did you move your life forward? On the flip side, when we succeed, some of us claim all the glory forgetting that no one achieves success on their own merit alone. Be proud but don’t forget your helpers. Recently, I won a month of April marathon challenge at my local gym by completing 267 biking miles. I was stoked but also proud of the team effort that got me there. There are helpers, angels, advisors and people of goodwill who help propel us forward to meet our goals. We are supported and encouraged to never give up. What life choices are you proudest of? Which path would you have chosen from Hercules story? As Baldwin’s story affirms, Give it all you’ve got and Stay Upbeat.
Give it all you’ve got…
Contd from above. James Baldwin story…
Then Hercules saw that this lady, although she was as beautiful as the other, had a countenance pure and gentle, like the sky on a balmy morning in May.
“What is your name?” he asked.
“Some call me Labor,” she answered, “but others know me as Virtue.”
Then he turned to the first lady. “And what is your name?” he asked.
“Some call me Pleasure,” she said, with a bewitching smile, “but I choose to be known as the Joyous and Happy One.”
“Virtue,” said Hercules, “I will take thee as my guide! The road of labor and honest effort shall be mine, and my heart shall no longer cherish bitterness or discontent.”
And he put his hand into that of Virtue, and entered with her upon the straight and forbidding road which leads to the fair blue mountains on the pale and distant horizon. The End.
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That’s such a beautiful story. I’m glad at the end of the day that Hercules chose the “un-easy” path. All to often in today’s world people want to take the quick and easy way out and end up not growing and becoming their true selves
True… meanwhile I published the post without adding my own content to it. Hahaha! The story stands well on the topic I suppose.
I have updated my post and added corrections and insights. Thank you all for your patience.
I think we have to start letting our children to learn to make choice in their early life, start with smaller choice, such as what to wear and what to eat in the restaurant. By letting them to make their own choice, they would learn and be responsible with their own choice. It also boost their confident level up too. It doesnt matter what choice we made, we shall not be regret but rather, we can learn about it. Thanks again for this week topics on “choices”.
This is such a beatyful and inspiring story. We had a really life choice in iife and will help us grow on each chcoices.
Virtue. What a great word that is. I like some of the quotes that you have shared. It looks like you put time into assembling them!
I love the first quote! Every choice you make makes you. I had to sit and think about that one for a second. Thanks for starting my morning off on a thoughtful note!
I’m so glad I stumbled upon this. I really needed to see this on a morning like this.
The story is so inspiring. Life choice is really imporatnt to all of us.
You know I already love the topic – I often wonder about life choices. How one single decision can change the course of your lives and sometimes no matter what we reach the same destination no matter what path we choose. We can never see the whole picture.
YES! Glad to hear/read your take…
Very thought provoking read. It’s crazy that each choice will lead to something different. I really like the quote, “It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off.” You are a great write! Thank you for posting!
THANK YOU!
Its funny how our experiences at the time of happening don’t seem like choices – I think I am going to hang onto that, its so easy to overlook. I agree with you, its never too late to start something and you should never give up!
I enjoy your motivation Monday series. It is a great way to start the week, by getting others to think about and reflect on the word you have chosen. “Choices” is a great topic as we all have so many choices to make, and what we choose will shape our strengths and weaknesses, and reflect our overall lifestyle.
This is so timely. We’re facing a lot of difficult choices right now and are feeling quite unsure about how to move forward.
I loved the quote of Keri Russell, “Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.” It is so true. Life is all about making choices. No matter, we make a good or a bad choice, there’s always learning in the end. Some people take calculated risk but I think that we get only one life, so live it fullest!
We have so many choices and decisions every day and it can seem overwhelming. I try to keep it simple and make decisions that will be for the benefit of my family and pleasing to God.
Love the story! I have choices to make everyday. Right down to which kind of food will I put in my mouth. The answer always seems to be that I’ll decide later, although, the later in which to act often doesn’t come. I have so much pondering to do thanks to you and other great writers.
Leaving the corporate world to be a full-time mom is one of my life’s biggest and best choices. Sure, there are times when I miss the hustle and bustle of being employed, the financial stability, and everything else that comes with it, but no regrets. 🙂
We all have so much choice in the world we need to take advantage of it and not pass up chances to make choices and change things x
I really enjoyed the story. The J.K. Rowling quote is one of my favorites! We have choices every day and whether big or small, they dictate how live. Even our reactions to situations are a choice.
The choices we make can make or break us but we make them anyway because that’s how we move forward. If we made a wrong choice, we’d have to make another to make it right. That’s usually how life is, it’s packed with choices and I think that’s how we grow and learn.
True and we must protect our right to choose.
Elizabbeth, this theme and the story you chose to share today, really made me think a lot. We usually think that happiness yhould be obtained after hard work otherwise it is not “well deserved”. I wonder why we think that way?
I have been confronted to many difficult choices, they were difficult exactly because I’ve never had “an easy path” among my options. I’ve always chosen having my values in mind but also the happiness of me and my beloved ones. I must also say, that I’ve been quite lucky because the worst possible consequences of my choices never happened. That made me reflect… how the word “chance” means opportunity in English but it means “luck” in French. In every choice there is part of responsibility, but also luck. There is a lot of factors that respond to luck that can make a “good choice” turn into a bad one and vice-versa.
I appreciate your insights. It is a challenging topic that forces us to sit up and consider the options.
It is so true. The best of all is not to give up. I really liked the above James Baldwin Story.
such a great way to write a post! I really enjoyed reading this 😉 It’s always hard to make a right choice, but in fact, it’s always right 😉
This is a great read for everybody, but I hope students who are graduating from high school and college during this time read it. I’m over 50 yo and when I look back on some of my choices when I was younger, I’m pretty darn lucky to be where I am now. lol
Styledecor1. I hear you… yeah we are all luck to be here! 🙂
I definitely pay attention to my CHOICES and choose the most realistic approach for me.
Such great reminders in this. We really do make our own futures and it is based on our choices.
We make choices everyday! They can either impact our lives in a positive or negative way. It’s best to follow a righteous path.
This is such a great post. I love the quotes you’ve pulled, and I think life choices can be tough but regardless of the decisions we make, we must learn to adjust and move forward in the most positive way we can.
I love the quotes and the story of Hercules! It is so inspiring that Hercules chose Labor/Virtue over pleasure. Our choices determines our destiny.
Very beautiful quote. Man is condemned to making choices. It’s one of the most difficult tasks we have in life. We must learn to never regret the choices we make, we will never get it perfect. It’s just life, without rehearsal 🙂
Great idea to talk about, I am glad you picked that! And I try to never give up on anything. And it is so true we make small and large choices every day, I am really more aware of that now.
We often take the easier path which is in our comfort zone. But we forget that if we don’t go out of our comfort zone then we will forever remain in the place. Thank you for sharing this motivational story.
I absolutely loved reading this ! I believe very much that each choice we make has a affect upon our lives…
Wonderful read. Indeed motivational!
By the way, congratulations on winning the marathon challenge. 267 biking miles sound like a lot.
Thank you Tushar! Truthfully, I’m still recovering from it. Hahaha! 🙂
What a powerful and moving blog! I really enjoyed Reading it and it has given me a lot to think about in my life.
I love how much detail and passion I can see in your writing. It’s clear that this blog is an incredible passion project for you and something special!
As we progress through our lives and careers, we are faced with more and more choices than we ever had. Some days we feel like we have a lot of choices, other days we are stumped on one.
The moral of the story is… this post reminded me that one thing we get use to today is a lot of information; especially on social media, but it doesn’t appear that we are actually learning any values from it. We need more stories like this one that will help enlighten us for the future.
What we choose to do today can change everything in our lives forever, so choose wisely.
This was such a good read. I’m only 25 and feel already life’s is what you choose for it to be. You can choose to be safe and calculated or just go with the flow. I’m still trying to find the good balance in that, but good to read others struggles too! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Before making any change in my life I tend to look at the pros and cons first before I make my decision. I think my proudest life choice would be my decision to go to college. Another one would be my choice to start my business. Keep up that gym work. 267 biking miles is a lot!
Thank you dear one! After 5+ years battling an autoimmune condition, I am grateful to God to have my life back… still not 100% but on the way. <3
Before making any change in my life I tend to look at the pros and cons first before I make my decision. I think my proudest life choice would be my decision to go to college. Another one would be my choice to start my business. Keep up that gym work. 267 biking miles is a lot!
This is such a nice post and I enjoyed reading this. We make a lot of choice in life its either right or wrong but what important is you learn from it and you know how to correct yourself if you make a mistakes.
I am 24 and already I see people who want to do things very quick. I loved the story of Hercules and I personally believe in going through the long way.
I love this topic. This week, I had to give a tribute to my grandmother who just passed. So I thought a lot about her life and the choices she made, the choices I’m making, and the path I’ve taken because of those choices. It’s definitely had me going through a lot in my head to think about the fact that we never know what the results are. You’re so right. Not every choice will lead to success.
Thinking of you….
This is such a nice collage. For me, life is made up of choices. We should choose wisely so that it will lead us to a better life.
Choices are so important in our lives. For me personally, while I’m not one to change my decisions easily, I’m someone who puts a lot of logic and rational behind my choices in hopes that it will be the best for my future!
When I am still single I just jump right away on any decisions that I want without thinking twice. Trying every chances in my life. But now that I have a daughter, every decisions I made I make it sure that it’s a good benefits for my daughter. I always think of my daughter.
A very inspiring read. I particularly liked the reminder to realize/accept the role we played in our failures and not to just blame others.
So happy that you were able to stop smoking!
Our destinations are wrappped up in the choices we make, but it is also important to realize that if we make mistakes, we can choose a new path.
With all the choices that we do make many different outcomes can come out of it. Sometimes those wrong decisions help us make better ones. Things happen for a reason.
Making decisions are not an easy thing. There are so many things to consider, and a lot of choices to think about. As anindependent individual I definitely made bad choices in life.
We are the pilot of our own ship, and we can sail to wherever we wanted. Life is full of path and rocky roads, and it is on us which path to take. Whatever and wherever it is, life is still beautiful.
A motivation keep up alive and chase our dream. I like Motivation for Mondays . Such a beautiful write up.
Leaving the corporate world to become a full-time, stay-at-home mom was one of the biggest choices I have made in my life. It was a huge decision for me at that time, but no regrets. If anything, it’s the best decision I have ever made. 🙂
This post is very timely and thought provoking for me. I have been talking a lot about this topic to my oldest child. Specifically about how her choices are hers to make and none elses.
About how she needs to own her choices and use them to get where she wants to be in life. I enjoyed reading your thoughts on the topic.
Very well written article. Very motivational for everyone
Very well written article. Very interesting and motivational for eveyone
It’s it’s so true that even what seems like the smallest Choice can have such a huge impact on the rest of our lives. Most of the time my choices are ‘from the seat of my pants’ as they say. But I don’t generally live in regret of any of my choices.
Yes, choices and decisions can easily alter ones path forever. My hubby and I were just talking about this earlier. Thanks for sharing and I love the quotes as always!
You have such a great perspective. Love this. Thank you for the encouraging words….it really made me think.
There will always be decisions that will affect life greatly. We really don’t know most of them, the only thing we can do is to look at all those things still within our control and hope that the uncontrollable factors steer away.
One big choice that I had to make is to create my blog. There are times in life they you just need to take the risk and will reward in the end.
I always love great Monday motivation! My cup of coffee!
And I love Edwin Markham’s quote: Choices are the hinges of destiny.
Sometimes, I can’t help but be amazed by the speed you generate content. And there are times I ponder over my direction and choices, wondering if I’m doing the right stuff. But life is all about choices and I’m just choosing the one I will regret less.
Choices bigger ones and smaller ones make our life what it is. My biggest choice was to leave job I stopped liking and start on new journey into my life now. It is so very much better now, I am very grateful to my older self for that.
Everything in life boils down to what choices we, or someone else, makes. A very thought provoking post this (and how annoying about that cold-caller!)
Our small choices put us on a road that leads down a path to an outcome. It’s funny to me that people are so surprised at an unplanned pregnancy, or lung cancer, or when they have been choosing those things that lead to the outcome.
I have grown to live in my choices that I make. It took some time for sure because I was constantly worrying or thinking about others. It can be very hard when you want to please people in your family. But at the end of the day you have to live the life you want. When age adds that wisdom we all become unstoppable.
Your images always gives such a positive insight and something to think about life. Choices and making them in the moment right is so important –
You are so right, choices are almost an important part of our lives and something which we make all the time but yet sometimes they can alter the cause of our lives. I always try to live with my choice and have a ‘no regret’ policy. I believe we make the best choice we can under the circumstances in our lives and we have to trust the decision we make.
These are things that I needed to hear. I am honestly at a cross roads right now when it comes to my career. I still don’t know what to do but I really want to pursue a different field. Just so many things to consider right now that I have a baby.
This is absolutely correct. We all have choices in life to make and noone can make those decisions besides ourselves
While there are some things beyond our control, much of life is about choices. Choosing to be happy, choosing ambition, etc. I hear a lot of people whine and complain about how they don’t like their job or how they want to change things or move. It is frustrating hearing whining knowing that they have the capacity to change it.
I love this topic. Our entire life is made up of choices. I’ve had to make a lot of them and they’ve shaped me into who I am. Some choices are natural and some are more calculated but at the end of the day if I pray about them I know God guides me in the right direction.
Great post! It’s crazy how the choices we make can have such a long-lasting affect on our lives.
Choices… the most important choice that I have made recently is to be happy. It is my personal goal now. And I will not let anything or anyone take it away from me.
Sometimes the uneasy path is the best way to go. That’s mostly what I’ve chosen and it rarely lets me down.
Good motivational post! Needed to read this today for sure thanks for sharing!
Truly inspirational. I wish I had your determination to stay on track with regards to health. I would love to engage in some kind of more vigorous exercise but I am not allowed to do so because of weak ankles. Talking about life choices, I guess the biggest one I made was to turn my back on my corporate job which I held for 15 some years. The working environment was just way too toxic for me and I was starting to lose time for family. I quit with the meager savings I had and no Plan B in place. Thankfully, by the Grace of God, I am surviving!
I always find it hard to make life choices as I tend to take the safe options out of fear. I am now trying to push boundaries and step out of my comfort zone.
I guess I don’t actually give my choices that much thought, perhaps that’s because I’ve never really been faced with a difficult decision. Also, it was really nice to read about how you thought of others when you reached a certain achievement – after all, where would we all be if we didn’t have the people around us?
I’m a very indecisive person so I truly struggle with making choices. I’m glad I have a support system I can turn to whenever I have to make any decision. We all in some way get to learn from each other’s life choices, the good,the bad the ugly. That’s the beauty of life. So happy you got to get over your smoking habit though, you should extremely be proud of yourself for that.
I love reading inspirational posts like yours. It gets me going when everything seems tough. As they say, men have free will. It’s really about choosing which path you should follow.
As the years flew by, a part of Hercules grew frustrated and resentful and it took some time for him to get to the place where he had to let that go and forgive himself first for not saying, “I’ll come hang out with you Pleasure.”
this is a great read. i am a stickler for weighing pros and cons. i do it with everything. i have to physically write lists and compare. i even did it when i married my husband lol. of course there were more pros. but doing things like that helps me make rational decisions.
Love how Positive this post was made me happy reading this. I’ve been making small changes in my life and it’s crazy how much of an affect these changes make I am loving the journey I am on. Thanks for a motivational read.
Making big life choices is so scary! I decided to go to graduate school in another country and it lead me to meeting my husband, so I’m very pleased with how that turned out!
Today’s post is perfect. I love the quotes that you shared and have even passed some on for others to get inspired as well.
Xx, Nailil
All these little life choices direct us on the path we take, every turn and every move. It’s so interesting to see where we go in life
This is such a thoughtful post about the nature of choosing and how it reflects on us. We definitely should not just give up and give in to what other’s tell us. If we have goals we should pursue them. Obviously prior choices affects present choice but don’t let it affect your dreams either.
Neither give in nor give up. Moreover we should never be afraid to take chances. Ofcourse the suggestions are good and obviously helpful for a productive week but one thing is much required in any and every situation that is mental peace.
very motivational and inspirational 🙂 indeed. i love your positivity and insightfulness. keep up the good work
If we may, we would like to quote J.K. Rowling… rather a small sentence from the book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
A very inspirational post. I would love to be able to return time and correct some of my decisions. Thanks to God, it’s all right now 🙂 Congratulation on perseverance!
It have always believed and lived by the saying: If you don`t like something, change it – you are not a tree ! It`s true that we all make the choices that we want (in most cases) and although they don`t seem good at the time, things will work out. I do believe that, because most of the time God sends those choices too.
PS: Congrats Elizabeth for the biking miles ! What a great achievement.
Such a great read! Don’t Give Up! I am an indecisive person so making decisions is hard for me, but I’ve been pushing myself more and more to just bite the bullet.
There are so many choices to make in life! I’m at a crossroads right now where I’m trying to decide a few things to let go. It’s hard!
Though I won’t be answering your questions directly, I was able to reflect and think about my recent life choices. Appreciate all these motivational Mondays posts.
Yes, I actually just took a calculated chance. While it hasn’t 100% completely panned out yet, I know I am definitely on the right path. I almost died in a really bad car accident, and that really forced me to re-evaluate my life and what was important to me. While my health forced some of the decisions for me unfortunately, there were others that I consciously made. Thank you for a great post!
What a great read – very motivating and inspiring! Making such big life choices is never easy! x