In life, like in books, every chapter is written to move us on to the next part of the story. Luckily in life, unlike in books, our chapters are written by us and we can decide how we want them to go and when it is time to move on to a new one. Every word written is of our choice, even though we may not think so, we do have the power of holding the pen for our lives. We choose how it is going to go by the choices we made every single day. Here is what I mean.Every morning we wake up and make our first choice. Do I want to get out of this warm, safe, comfortable bed or not? From there our days are filled with more and more choices we must make. I know I have heard people say, 'but I don't have a choice...I have to work.' But there it is again, you do have a choice. Do you want to go to work to provide for yourself (and your family if you have one), putting a roof over their heads and food on the table or do you want to be homeless and beg? Choices...we all have choices.
Another choice we have is how we feel. Do you want to be happy or sad? Are you going to raise the pom-poms and cheer on the day or are you going to invite the world to you own personal pity party? I know some will talk about depression and how it is not a choice. I do not fully understand depression as I have never had it, I have been sad and then worked myself out of it. Maybe it's luck. Maybe it is that I have all but removed the pharmaceutical world from my life opting for more natural remedies and cures than those of the medical community. Not saying there is not a time and place where it may be needed, just that I am not going to throw a pill at every problem I have in my life. It seems like according to modern medicine, there is a pill for everything. Have a headache? Take a pill. Have a sad moment? Take a pill. Can't perform? Take a pill. Want to be healthy? Take a pill.
People today have become accustom to running to the doctor or pharmacy whenever they feel something is off. Ever wonder if the pills we are taking are actually causing the off feelings? Ever listen to the list of side effects spewed off in the lower monotone voice in record speed at the end of those feel good commercials telling you there is a pill for everything that ails you? Do you really want to take a pill for a headache that is going to cause IBS, vomiting, shortness of breath, vision problems, loss of hearing, inability to walk or care for yourself, comma and even the possibility of death? The mentality that everything has a medicinal fix seems to be strengthened by every commercial for the new drugs. Have you ever paid attention to all the other commercials from the law firms putting out class action suits against many of those drugs we watched commercials for? It's like they go hand-in-hand and it all goes back to choices.
Please understand that this is not a blog about promoting medicinal marijuana or anything like that. I am just saying we all have choices on what we do, how we feel, and what we want to do about changing those two things.
This morning for a very small moment I started to feel sad. I was supposed to have plans this evening, a date, but last week the man I was seeing decided it wasn't working for him, so no more plans. So I had a choice and instead of letting this ruin my day, I am going pick up the pom-poms and going to cheer at the possibilities today may bring. I see art and beauty in my future, and the beginning of my next chapter.
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