I Can Make a Choice...

One thing I have learned....is that I have to quit comparing myself to others, and take my life as is.....walking forward, not looking to the back or to the sides.  At times I find myself comparing where I am to where my friends or family members seem to be.   Where I am is the result of the choices I've made.   Where they are is a result of the choices they've made....  At those times, I sit and compare where I might have been if I had not made those choices....how much happier, healthier, and more secure I might have been...what I might have done and learned and experienced....how much more time I could have spent with the people I love... I can't change my past, but I can change my present.   I can stop wasting time worrying about how much better off other people are than me....whether it be that I perceive them as being happier, healthier, more attractive, better off financially, better loved, enjoying their lives more.....  I can stop beating myself up about bad choices I've made.  I can stop feeling trapped in those bad choices.  I can stop wasting time comparing where I might be now instead of where I would be if I had not made those choices.... With every day I am given, with every one day at a time I live, I can make a choice to choose        MORE HAPPINESS.   I can make a choice to take excellent care of my health.  I can make a choice to look my best.  I can make a choice to handle my money wisely.  I can make a choice to love as well as I can, and to appreciate and accept the love I am given.  I can make a choice to lighten my spirit to see the joy and humor in life.I can make a choice to learn.I can make a choice to give to others and be part of a community of people seeking a better      LIFE. I can start each day with saying....          "I forgive myself for the bad choices in my past.      I open myself to learning and living a healthier, happier life.      The past is gone....the future no one knows....but I have today."