Choose, Wisely!

     How we react and respond to, any, and all things, in our lives, is a matter of choice. Naturally, we do NOT choose many of the incidents and occurrences which we experience...who would CHOOSE painful and unhappy situations, after all? However, seeing as that we ALL do go through these, less than desirable, moments, it's best to figure out a way to survive them, and, do so, with aplomb and finesse. It's far better, although, not, always, easy, to stay 'cool, calm, and, collected', in the face of adversity; as, 'losing one's S*@T' NEVER helps ANYONE, least of all US. Learning to look life in the face, and, take it, 'head-on', is an art-form, and, it takes PRACTICE; Yet, it is possible, to do such, AND, the good-news is, that, it gets easier and easier as we work toward that end. As a matter of fact, life is ALL about the choices we make. My contention is that, when faced with decisions, one, tries his or her best, to make the, most, optimal, choice; and, though, often, upon looking back, we are not happy with the outcome of a choice we may make, there is ALWAYS something to learn from that experience. I choose to believe that any, human-being, is, always, doing the best he or she can, at any given time. It's easy to imagine that this isn't true, if one takes a look around, and pays attention to the bad-behavior that folks are capable of. But, if this was not the truth of the matter, wouldn't people behave better, if they were able, and they CHOSE to? I believe that they would, and, I believe, too, that, unless a person CHOOSES to see his or her, own, weaknesses, he or she will, continue, to opt for options which are less than optimal. It is very, true, that life throws at us, situations that are difficult to bear, and, dealings that we NEVER wished for; this goes without saying., of course. However, it is true, also, that we choose how we are going to deal with, handle, and, survive, our lives; These decisions are nobody else's to make...only ours. Life is NOT as complicated as some would like to think, or, as some would like to imagine, and, it can get less so, once we decide to make ourselves responsible for ourselves. It's fairly easy, really, and...the CHOICE is yours! Just Sayin'...