What's In My Knapsack?... Part 6

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Looking in our metaphorical knapsack again, we find another important item called

…choice!                                                   

To be aware that there are choices in life is a powerful asset in our life journey.

The direction our life will take will involve the choices we have made, are making, or will make in the future.

Choices are the evidence of being free. Where there is no choice, there is no freedom.

Where there is no freedom there will be fear and stress and the sense of being out of control.

In this world of ours we recognise that some people are seriously enslaved by the control of others. This is a culture of fear, to say the least.

The opposite to a culture that perpetuates fear is a culture that moves toward love which by necessity includes freedom and freedom means there is choice.

We often times don’t see where we have choice. It is everywhere in normal life, These choices may be small but choosing to take forward action and to choose our perspective will keep us mentally healthy and moving in the right direction.

When we feel that we have no choice, we are putting ourselves in a victim position where the handbrake is on and we are stuck. It’s better to remember that there are always choices, however small and that these small, healthy choices keep us moving forward.

When we believe and look for the options we have in a situation, we are in control of ourselves.

This self- control takes us in the right direction, even if we don’t see the whole picture, the small, first, next right steps that we take, will bring us to a place of greater clarity and eventual destiny …

                              …through the power of choice.