Our life is a perfect reflection of the choices we make. We can choose to be happy or we can choose to be sad. We can choose to be angry or we can choose not to be so. We choose to accept or reject. We choose to do, or not to do....in every respect our lives are a mirror image of the choices we make. The challenge we face is to control our emotions so that the choices we make contribute to a fulfilling and happy life - and not to a life of resentment, regrets and misery.
In achieving this, there is so much we can learn from children. The uninhibited ease with which children embrace friendships, renounce embarrassment in favor of enjoyment and enjoy living "in the moment" is an art that should never be lost. But sadly, lost it often is, and increasingly it appears to be lost way too soon as a consequence of the demands of modern living. Life is short and there are too many demands on our lives that do not contribute to our happiness, but which we accept without rancor. In this new era of change, let's commit to enjoying our daily endeavors more, whatever they may be, but also to find a way to contribute more of ourselves for the advantage of others. We must take more time to smell the roses and enjoy the short time we have on earth. If we all do so, I guarantee that the benefits in the short term may only be personal - which is no bad thing, but the full impact in the long term will be truly global.
Lets all take the advice of Mark Twain...when he told us to "Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth."
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