While attending a funeral this week, I thought to myself, what if we all decided exactly what we want our lives to look like. Instead of having our lives taking a hold of us and ending up whatever way they (our lives) end up, we make a choice. We choose what we want our lives to be.
We start at the end of our lives and decide, ok, before I pass, what do I want my life to have been like…
We have this choice now.
We can be mostly happy or we can be mostly angry or sad. We can be victims with everything happening TO us or we can take charge of our lives. We can be healthy and feel good, or we can suffer, we can be loving or we can withhold love, we can be wealthy or penniless, we can live up to our potential or we can play small, on and on…the choice is ours…What is your choice?
Sit down, with pen and paper in hand and imagine that you’re in your last days here on earth. Decide what you want your life to have looked like. What will you have accomplished, what type of person were you. How close were you with friends and family? How active were you?
Write down what you imagine.
Now, compare that list to what you presently have in your life. Does it match? Where are there discrepancies? Where might your life need some tweaking? Don’t worry if what you want for your last days here doesn’t at all resemble where you’re at now. Just by writing down what you want, you’ve started the process toward change.
Next, promise yourself to make small changes to one area you’ve listed that doesn’t “jive” with what you want for your life and health….
Good luck! You’re on your way!