Momentum and Choices Make Obvious Bedfellows

Greetings and Salutations,
     So for the past few days I have been thinking about choices/decisions and the consequences that swiftly follow.. Sometimes we are dead-on with our choices in life and make great decisions.. Sometimes we couldn't be further off the mark if we tried.. I guess what I wonder is at what point to you start to respond differently to your poor choices and decisions in life and learn from your mistakes?  Do you just say "what the hell" and keep screwing up? Do you just stop making crappy decisions? Do you get enough of yourself and change what needs to be changed?  I even like the word choice of decisions better than "choices"-- It just seems intuitively more self directed.. Some would argue with me that in life we have very "few" choices.. I, of course, would argue that until I took my last breath and say that we have WAY more choices in life to make then not.. Another way I would play Devil's Advocate to the nay-Sayers  is this-- then make better "decisions".. You may not have a "choice" about some things in life but you sure as hell can decide how you will respond to it, deal with it, or work on getting over it, around it, or through it..
     So I was watching the Super Bowl last night-- I really wasn't all that engaged in it but I did pay attention to one thing.. Baltimore was kicking some west coast ass-- Came out strong and was scoring.. And then something unexpected happened-- The lights went out.. I knew immediately that this would change the polarity of the game.. It broke the momentum of Baltimore doing well and opened the door for San Francisco to take advantage of that gap in momentum.. Unfortunately for SF it wasn't enough to win-- But was it just me or did you see the marked change in how the game went after the lights came back on?
     So maybe this is the case more often that not in life that we can use momentum to our advantage or recognize it as a robber of our progress-- anything that changes our momentum.. Maybe it is a bad day.. Maybe it is an illness just when you were starting to go to the gym or exercise.. Maybe it is an unexpected bill just when you were starting to get ahead in your finances.. It can be any, all, and more of these.. You can't let this arrest your efforts.. You have to keep at what ever is before you that you are attempting to change in your life.. Anything you are attempting to improve.. Anything that you are trying to get more of that is better for you: sleep, well balanced meals, love, attention (getting or giving), or habits in general..
     Momentum is always something that will wax and wane when you are attempting to accomplish anything in life.. Be responsible for your actions.. Stop blaming the dog, cat, or any and everyone else.. Take responsibility for your life and your decisions.. This seems like a really easy no brainer first step.. It isn't.. I think as human beings its just a bit difficult to wrap your mind around "the buck stops with me"--period.. It is easier to say he makes me feel this way, or she did this and now look what I am stuck with doing.. The dog wouldn't have eaten your home work if you hadn't left it out where he had access to it.. You wouldn't have racked up $500 in parking tickets if you would have paid the first one off instead of letting it compound.. You wouldn't be late if you had left early and anticipated needing extra time to get to work or where ever you were going..
     Try today starting to take responsibility for everything that you do.. Try to seek out opportunities where you can build momentum in your life to head in the direction you desire.. Maybe you need to organize your house.. Maybe you need to de-clutter your life and belongings.. Maybe it is to get your finances in order and stop living paycheck to paycheck.. Maybe it is to go back to school and ultimately change your job.. Maybe you have always wanted to learn another language.. Its endless the things you can pursue, change, or master.. Just be sure that you are living your life to your fullest potential and putting in all you can so you can reap the rewards of your hard work and live a life you were put on this planet to live.. Make your decision wisely for time-- it is a wasting


Tootles  :)
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