“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”—Viktor E. Frankl
Our lives are shaping us. I believe that we are where we are (no matter how good or painful) for a greater Purpose. We are where we are because of the decisions we have made in the past. The decisions we make today will shape who and where we will be tomorrow. Carpe momento!
It is a matter of grattitude. We choose our attitude in our given circumstances. We choose our way. Our choices have led us, in part, to our present circumstances.
I have often heard the question asked: “If you could go back in time and change one thing, what would that be?” It is tempting to claim one influential event of the past but consider the cascade of changes that might have occurred in our life (and the lives of others) were that event to change. My answer to this question is emphatically, “Nothing.”
Sure, there are many things that I would love to have done differently; people I wish I had treated differently. I often struggle with being in the circumstances I am now. Nevertheless, I would change nothing. My decisions have brought me to who and where I am. The impact I can have and do have in the Universe is because of the path I have taken. My circumstances tomorrow will depend upon what I choose to do today—on my gratitude (grattitude) today.
Choose to take the path of Purpose.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!!