Life gives you options

The questions and mysteries give you a chance to learn. The challenges give you an opportunity to make a positive difference.

The people with whom you disagree give you a way to see life from a different perspective. The disappointments you endure can put you on a path toward becoming more determined and effective.

Instead of complaining about what's negative, you can look for what's positive. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, you can feel fortunate to be where you are.

When there's nothing interesting or exciting going on, you have the chance to exercise and strengthen your imagination. When the world feels gray and dreary, you can find unique, original beauty in the unlikeliest of places.

Every day, life gives you options. What you choose from those options and what you do with them, determines where you are at the end of the day.

Right now, you have many options. Choose the most positive, life-affirming, interesting, loving and fulfilling ones, and the reality of your life will follow along.

-- Ralph Marston

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