Its all a choice

Everyday when I first wake up, even before I get out of bed, I choose the kind of day I am going to have. I consciously ask myself the question and I give myself an answer. Why? Because I am affirming to myself on a daily basis that I am in control of my life. I decide the life I am leading, I decide how I am going to react to situations and circumstances, most of which I have yet to discover. I can choose to have an extraordinary day and go out and have one, regardless of what befalls my day. Last Friday my hard drive on my computer died and I lost all of my data. The last back up was 3 months ago. Whoops. There is a LOT I have done in the last 3 months and so I drove to have my computer fixed. When I went to pick it up a few days later, only to find that, indeed the data was gone, I could have reacted like many people would have and gotten made, angry, upset, and generally pissed off. I could have blamed Dell, the cleaning lady, the dog, and especially myself for not backing up sooner. But there was no point in any of that. I just regrouped and figured out how to move forward. How we do anything is how we do everything. Its one of my favorite quotes and its pretty dead on. I am up to big things in my life and I don't have time to think small. What are you up to in your own life? Are you achieving the things you always envisioned for yourself? Did you take the vacation you dreamed of, bought the house you imagined, learned to play the instrument you pictured as a child being able to play, asked the person out you've had a crush on, taken on an endurance event like a marathon, joined a volunteer organization to help others, and the list goes on.What did you envision your life being when you 'grew up'? Are you fulfilling those dreams? If not, START. The ONLY thing holding you back is YOU. Your circumstances are completely irrelevant. I joined something called the Game. I mentioned it in a previous entry but today I actually enrolled. Its something that blends in very well with the rest of my life and I am excited about having daily accountability to others in achieving a lot of the things I am up to. I am doing this because I choose, each day, to live an extraordinary life. What has happened to us in our past has NO bearing on what we can accomplish. Oftentimes people THINK their past has an impact on their lives, and therefore they are correct. But when you CHOOSE to think differently, when you CHOOSE to NOT let your past dictate your future, then you release yourself to become anything you choose to be in your life. I didn't grow up in an environment where anything is possible. I make a conscious choice each day to create something great TODAY, and to focus my energy, effort and attention to where I am going, NOT where I've been. Yes, our past has gotten us to where we are, but it will only carry us into the future if we choose to let it. Take the good things and use them to create your life. Leave the rest behind. None of it matters unless you choose to let it matter.