What we choose matters ...

What we choose matters. You may have heard the phrase, "I don't choose to participate in the recession", or something like it. Does that mean that one can arrogantly manage to think their way out of the real world around them?

No, of course not ... but yes, it does. No ... because it is not arrogant thinking, it is positive thinking. And yes ... because the heart of any era is the emotional angst or joy of it. To maintain a positive, forwardly-active life and mental outlook we always have to choose to be outside our era. We must choose not to be bound by the physical boundaries and barriers, nor the phrenetic calls and cries of those who allow their psyche to be pushed by the emotions of the great "out there".

What we choose is really what defines what we are. Far more than our skin, height, weight, country of origin, or even our family. Our outsides are not that important, in any grand or little scheme of things. Our insides, our mental outlook and our heart, well, they really are all that matters.

Choose wisely, and you will find nuggets of wonder in any time or place. If you've read the personal acounts by survivors of the Holocaust, you should recall that through all the pain and horror, they still saw moments of wonder in the lives of those around them. Our time and place are a picnic on the beach compared to theirs!

Choose poorly, and you will never find a wonder no matter how many stars shine around you. And as I look out at the sun streaming down, the beautiful clouds passing overhead, the birds building their spring nests, and think of all the amazing humans I keep meeting day by day, I continually see more wonders to enjoy, and be uplifted by.