There are lots of things in life we can\u2019t choose. We don\u2019t get to choose our parents or our siblings.\u00a0 We don\u2019t get to choose what schools we go to or where we grow up.\u00a0 We can’t choose our height or our hair color.\u00a0 But outside of that, we have a lot of choices in life.\u00a0 We can choose how hard we work each day.\u00a0 We can choose how we treat others.\u00a0 We can choose how we spend our free time.\u00a0 There are so many choices that we make each day.\u00a0 And each of us is exactly where we are today because of those choices.<\/p>\n
School is a great example. In one classroom, every kid will receive the same books and have the same teacher.\u00a0 But some kids in the class will work their tails off and get As or Bs, while others will decide not to try and get Cs.\u00a0 You\u2019ll see the same situation in the workplace.\u00a0 Two people will have the same position.\u00a0 One person will work hard, have a good attitude and be promoted.\u00a0 The other will come to work late, will inform people what is and isn\u2019t in their job description, and will stagnate in the same position or get fired.\u00a0 Both individuals have the same opportunities but achieve different results.<\/p>\n
It is important to take ownership of where you are in your life. It is valuable to take a long hard look at the choices you\u2019ve made, and see how those choices have brought you to where you are today.\u00a0 Admittedly this is not a comfortable exercise.\u00a0 For example, in my life, I\u2019ve made the choice to put motherhood and marriage ahead of my career.\u00a0 As a result, my career has suffered.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if that has been a good choice or a bad one.\u00a0 However, I do know that my choice has brought me to where I am professionally.<\/p>\n
When you understand that you\u2019ve created your life as it is today, it is a revelation. It is then that you see how much power you have in each day.\u00a0 You learn that what you do today truly affects your tomorrow.\u00a0 And those things that you do on a daily basis profoundly affect your future.<\/p>\n
So if you work hard today, that will result in opportunities in the future. And if you spend your time surfing the Internet and give your job a half-hearted effort, you simply won’t get ahead.\u00a0 Similarly, if today you are patient and kind toward your family members and friends, you will lay the foundation for positive relationships in the future.\u00a0 However, if you are snotty and impatient with others, you will reap the consequences in your relationships down the road.<\/p>\n
The key is to take each day as a gift from God and use it to lay the foundation for the life you wish to have. This doesn\u2019t have to be a complicated endeavor.\u00a0 Quite honestly, you would be amazed at where you would be in a year from now if you consistently did two things: work hard and be kind.\u00a0 Believe it or not, that is a tried and true recipe for creating an amazing life.<\/p>\n
This week take some time to take stock of where you are in life. Figure out how you got here.\u00a0 And then make a commitment to use each day to do those things that will propel you toward the future of your dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are lots of things in life we can\u2019t choose. We don\u2019t get to choose our parents or our siblings.\u00a0 We don\u2019t get to choose what schools we go to or where we grow up.\u00a0 We can’t choose our height or our hair color.\u00a0 But outside of that, we have a lot of choices in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n