Today, I Choose

May 2013

I found a motivational poster that said:

"Yesterday, I was sad. Today, I am happy.  Yesterday, I had a problem.  Today, I still have the same problem, but I changed the way I look at it."

This really struck me.  So, today, I choose to see my life as a gift. Even with all its burdens, sorrows and torments, my joy shines through. My life is the only thing that I truly have - it has been with me from the beginning and will accompany me to the end. This is my home. And I will treat my home with the kindness and compassion that it requires of me. I will not do violence TO my home. I will not do violence IN my home. I will make my home a place of peace.

I will not do violence to my home by ignoring it, by not moving toward my goals, by feeding my body garbage, by harming myself in any way that I can control, by doing things that I know I will regret..

I will not do violence in my home by being unkind to my father, by ignoring a friend in need, by speaking badly about or to another person, by leaving the earth in a worse shape than I found it.

I will make my home a place of peace.  A place where others can find solace.  A place where I can find solace. Life is simply too short, too precious to be anything but kind to my fellow travelers.