“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” – William Jennings Bryan
In my IPEC Life Coaching training I came across this concept. Choice is the freedom to see things as we desire, feel what we want, and live as we create our lives to be.
When we choose to do one things, we are choosing not to do another. We can’t do two things at once. As I progress and grow in my spiritual journey I learn that even my emotions are a matter of choice. I can choose to change my thoughts, and it will change the feeling. For instance, when I stressed out, it is not an objective fact. It is my choice to create stress. I can do the same action in a calm way. It is in my hands to change it.
Some people will say the life is pre-determined and that we have no control over things.
What do you think? – do we really have a choice with every aspect of our lives?
I remember watching the movie starring Will Smith “The Pursuit of Happiness”. Chris Gardner is a salesman who was, at times, homeless. Eventually he worked his way into becoming a stockbroker. Is the premise of the movie that happiness is something to be pursued? Or maybe the idea is that poverty is a function of bad luck and bad choices, and success the result of heroic dreams?
I think that any life experience can turn into an opportunity for growth and we can make a choice to look for the positive side of it. In fact, our mind is the true source of happiness. You can look at any given situation and ask yourself:
