Choice!

Life is full of choices.  What we chose to do and chose not to do can carry consequences.  I am not talking about what outfit you pick out to wear to work, although if you pick something that is not appropriate for work you could have consequences or I am not even talking about MAJOR life choices,  instead I am talking about the life choices that are the more simple ones.  Yes, this does sound old fashioned to say, but I am now from that generation where I believe "things" were different, more polite, more courteous and definitely not so "ME" orientated.   So, with this said, I am going to list some of life's simple decisions and you decide what CHOICE you would make.

• When entering a store, do you hold the door open for the person behind you and then say "Have a good day?"
• When driving, are you courteous driver?  This means not beeping the horn if the person in front of you does not go immediately when the light changes, tailgating, "pulling out" or cutting someone off (even if there is no one behind them) just to get ahead of them.
• When exercising on a track, boardwalk or at the gym and you have "eye contact" with another person do you say "hello", "good morning" or "how ya doing?"
• Do you say I Love You before hanging up the phone with your spouse, parents or children?, etc.
• Do you MAKE time for your family, even if you have a busy life?  Listen to the song, CATS IN THE CRADLE by Harry Chapin
• Do you take a few minutes each day to have gratitude and appreciation for what you have? DO you remember the people in your life that have always been there for you and loved you unconditionally?
• Do you take five minutes to call up someone you have been thinking about? An aging grandparent, a sick parent, a good friend you have not talked to in a while, a sibling that you have lost touch with, etc.?
• Do you make time to have "Sunday Dinner" with your family, no excuses?
• Do you take your kids to the park instead of cutting the grass?
• Do you ever do something that you really don't like to do with a loved one, but do it anyway because you know it would make them really happy?
• Do you take a few moments out each day to reach out to your parent(s) just to let them know they are not forgotten and always appreciated?  
• Do you call a loved one, just to tell them you arrived safely at your destination?
• Do you Say I Love You often to someone before it to late?
• Have you been the bigger person by saying,  "I'm Sorry" to someone you have offended? 
• Do you Forgive?

  Probably some of the "things" I listed might sound silly to some of you, but then again the choice is yours!

The Choice is Mine is something that I wrote in the sand recently.