Choose Your Life

Life offers everyone a different and unique path. What we experience can be the same but still very different. Every life has a purpose. Distinguishing the purpose of the person defines why you were given life. No one or nothing is here by random chance or consequence. Even a blade of grass is significant. Life is a gift of priceless value nothing received will be of greater or equal value. To live a life of fulfillment is the greatest blessing of any human being. When you find out what makes you come alive you start to recognize your gifts. The premise is to recognize your gift and share it with the world. When given a gift expect to use it for good or you will be held accountable. We were created to honor the gift giver of life. Mathew 25:29 states, " For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them." To those that much is given much is expected. Consequences and circumstances will be what they are its how we deal with them that will determine which roads we journey down.

When issues or problems arise we tend to feel entitled because we believe it should have never happened to us. Holding on to your past just makes it more difficult. Some will tell you it's too hard to let go of the past but it's actually more difficult holding onto to it. If you have never had any issues in life then this article isn't for you. But if you have experienced heartache, difficulties, burdens and consequences beyond your control this is for you. Your time is coming. You just need to live through it in order to go through it. Once you live through it and go through it close the door on it. Once you feel the fire you just need to walk through the fire, step through the door and you are on your way. Fire not only burns but it cleanses too. Those doors we closed are the lessons needed to fuel us forward. There will always be a price to pay. The race isn't for the swift or the strong but to the one who endures. Forget your yesterdays and grow from your mistakes. Move forward and don't look back.

We are bigger than we sometimes see ourselves. We just need to look harder and with more focus. A price was paid and we were given grace. It carries us forward. Everyday of our lives is grace given. Ephesians 5:8 "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord." We were given the opportunity to be more significant than the blade of grass mentioned earlier. To awaken to a new beginning everyday of our lives is more than a blessing. It should not be wasted living by what someone else thinks or does. Let your voice count for the great things that life has to offer. Life is what you make of it. So make the best of it. Without it there is nothing else.

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Rohn: 4 Reasons to Take Control of Your Destiny

There is no greater pride than knowing you set your mind on something and accomplished it 

One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, "If it is to be, it is up to me."

For you, that means that your success, your course is up to you. This doesn't mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that you take responsibility for your life and your career.

Too many people today look at opportunity and figure it is up to someone else to make sure they get it. They wait and wait, figuring that it is up to someone else. And then the wait is over, and it is too late to do anything. Their life is over and they are filled with regret.

But this isn’t true for you. You know that you must take responsibility for your life. It is up to you.

The fact is, nobody else is going to do it for you. You must do it yourself.

Now, some people might think, That's a lot of responsibility. But here's what I think: That is the best news you can ever hear. You get to choose your life. Hundreds of millions of people all around the world would give anything to live in the situation you do—to have the opportunity to take control of their destiny. "It is up to you" is a great blessing!

Here’s why:

1. You get to chart your own destiny.

Maybe you want to start a small business and stay there. That's great because you can choose that. Maybe you want to create a small chain of stores. Maybe you want to have a net worth of $100 million. That's OK, too. The point is that you get to choose. You can do whatever you like. Different people have different dreams and they should live them accordingly.

2. You reap what you sow.

Sleep in and go to work late and reap the return. Or get up early and outwork the others and earn a greater return. Place your capital at risk and earn a return. Place your capital at greater risk and perhaps reap a greater return. You decide what you will sow and thus what you will reap.

3. No one else can stop you from achieving your dream.

Yes, there will always be obstacles that come up and people who may not like what you are doing, but you can just move on and chart your own course. There is great freedom in that.

4. You experience the joy of self-determination.

There is no greater pride than knowing you set your mind on something and accomplished it. Those who live with a victim mentality never get to experience the joy of accomplishment because they are always waiting for someone else to come to the rescue. Those who take responsibility get to live the joy of seeing a job well done.

Let me ask you a question: Where will you be in five years? Ten years? Twenty-five years? Do you know? Do you have an idea? Have you ever dreamed about it or set a goal for it? Are you willing to take responsibility and recognize that it is up to you?

You will be wherever you decide to be at that point. You decide. It is up to you.

And that is very exciting!

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