Life is not a game of chance,
nor a deal of great circumstances.
Life is not even a bed of roses,
nor a bag of chocolates.
Life is indeed a matter of good choices
and how to make the best choices.
My choices in life may have not been really the best ones. I must honestly say I have had my own share of bad choices. But as my life progresses I was able to turn those bad choices into the best ones thus making me the best possible person I am.
My mother taught me the basics of discernment. It was with her that i realized that things don’t just happen; but it happens because we make it happen no matter how much we intellectualized or rationalized that it is beyond our capacity as human being. But she said….that is why we were gifted with the power to discern. The dictionary defines discernment as the ability to reveal insights and understand. Exactly why we need to empower ourselves with discernment. This will usher us to make the right choices.
As my eldest daughter entered college i want her to make the best choices.
1. I want her to choose FAITH
I am not a very religious person. I am not even the type you see in the church all the time. I am not the one who also memorize every single prayer there is. I also am not the typical middle age woman in a veil going to mass. But I say, I choose to believe in GOD. I choose to believe that HE is powerful and thus HE is responsible for all that I am. I want my daughter to have the same choice, because if she does, she will always go to the basic fact that she chose to believe in GOD and thus every choices she make will be in accordance to what GOD wants her to be.
2. I want her to choose HAPPINESS
As i have mentioned, life is not a bed of roses. It can be bad, it can be sad, it can be lonely, it can be worst……but if we choose happiness no amount of bad, lonely, sad, worst situation can make us reject the fact that life is what we make it after all…
We all surely have went through a lot of rough, bumpy roads…who didn’t? but if we only learn to see the good in even the worst situation….LIFE would be GREAT… remember, happiness is simply a choice; loneliness is simply optional.
3. I want her to choose THANKFULNESS
An ungrateful heart always leaves us feeling miserable. If we carry on with ungratefulness, no matter what we have, no matter what happens we would – it would never always be enough.
4. I want her to choose POSITIVENESS
Blessed Laura Vicuna said “smile always and suffer silently”…Her life is a wonderful example of how someone could turn a negative situation into something positive; an example of cheerfulness amidst heartaches.
We don’t have to be saints to be positive. As what they say, if we only see life “as a glass full rather than half empty” then we would have the power to change our lives for the better for good.
5. I want her to choose AWARENESS
Awareness in everything that we do, awareness in everything that we can’t do, awareness in every talents that we have, and awareness in the fact that we were all made unique.
We need to be aware of every situation we are in and what led us into it; it is by then that we see if we are leading towards sin…or towards a life anchored in GOD.
P.S.
Choosing FAITH, HAPPINESS, THANKFULNESS, POSITIVENESS and AWARENESS…..your good to go…go and battle all the evils of life.
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