CHOICES

Posted on September 19, 2015 Updated on September 19, 2015

Life is difficult, hard & troubling at best, but you can live a happy & wonderful life in spite of it all. We all want to live a content, satisfying & richly rewarding life. We all want that job that satisfies and a successful career to go with it. We want to be married to the “perfect” partner. We want to have children we can be proud of. We want to have loyal friends that stick by us faithfully. We want to acquire material things and personal possessions and have all our problems magically disappear. Everybody wishes for a good life. For one person, a good life may consist of having three meals a day and a roof over their head. For others, it may be having a big mansion, fancy cars, designer clothes and lots of money. Whatever your definition is, there is one thing you have in common with many, you want a life free of stress, worry & fear with as little work as possible. You would like to find it without working so hard for it or struggle so much to achieve it. Many of us have high expectations and nobody wants to struggle through life. Unfortunately, that is also what may be stopping you from having the life you seek. The thought of all that work, all that planning, overcoming adversity, hurdles and resistance is enough to make a lot of people give up before they even start. It can all seem too overwhelming and for many it doesn’t seem worth fighting for. You feel drained of all energy before you even begin. Its like i’m running a marathon, before your even get to the starting line, the thought of all that running, just wears you out so much mentally you decide not to go for it … it’s just too hard, to difficult. But once you accept that life is hard, it no longer becomes such a paralyzing issue. Once we realize that life is difficult, once we truly accept & understand this fact, then life no longer seems so hard to overcome. In life you will soon learn, having difficulties getting the things you want is the norm. It is very rare to get anything in life without some degree of effort. Once you accept this, you will feel better about your circumstances. You won’t think of your situation as anything but what is common to every other person. You will think of your situation as a part of life. You will no longer beat yourself up about how bad things are. You will realize that you are only human. That we as human beings are not perfect nor are we expected to be, only God is perfect. You make mistakes & fail just like everybody else. Accepting that life is hard comes with accepting that you have the responsibility to make it better. Not only do you have the responsibility to make it better, you have the ability and the power to make it better. Remember, you always have choices. No matter what the situation you find yourself in, you have choices. No matter how bad things may get, you have choices. No matter what you think you can or cannot do, you have choices. Now it may not always be an easy choice to make. It may be a very difficult road you choose and it may push you out of your comfort zone. It may mean your life might get even harder than it already is by your steps to acceptability, but it still remains a choice. Oftentimes you will find that the choices you make are not as hard as you thought. Once you become open to the idea that you are responsible for your life and that you have choices, you will soon find that you are no longer stuck just because life is not easy … and at that point, life may be hard, but you have the final say. Your life becomes more meaningful, purposeful and self
satisfying. I love you ♡ David Harrison Levi Beverly Hills, CA