You choose

One of the best ways to live is knowing that there is always a choice.  Things may happen, but you always have the opportunity to react to it your way.  I used to just go with the bad things that happened to me and wallow in it.  Guess what?!  I just got more of the same, and felt weak.  At a certain point, though, I finally figured out I can chose a lot more of the time than I had been, and I could choose goodness, love, and gratitude.  If I live in just those three things, life is pretty good and I can pass that attitude to others.  Make a ripple, choose carefully, see what happens.