You can go with this or you can go with that...

“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” – Unknown

Life changes.

That's been on my mind.  I mean, in a lot of ways it would seem that very little in my life is the same as it was just a handful of years ago.  I marvel at that.

I'm okay with it, too.

Because, for me, it marks change.  It represents growth.  I see buds and sprouts popping up all over my life that I haven't seen before.  We joke sometimes at our house about how strong healthy plants grow up out of dirt and manure.  Sometimes the process feels like a big ol' pile of dirt and manure!  I guess we have the option of becoming nothing more than a pig pen or a healthy, flourishing lush garden.  It's our choice.

But it's not about one big choice.  I think it's about a million, no probably a jillion, little choices.

The choice to banish that negative thought (for the hundreth time today)...

The choice to stop eating when I'm satisfied...

The choice to not rush and instead to enjoy the moment...

The choice to stop and think before dumping out the words in my head...

The choice to care...

to stop and listen...

to really hear someone...

The choice to clean up just a little instead of waiting until I have time for the whole thing...

The choice to tell my story so that it might help, somehow...

The choice to tell my time, money, and resources where to go and what to do...

The choice to forgive...

The choice to bless another with our words...

or our actions...

I think it's easy for our little choices to amount to something big, whether good or bad, before we even realize it has happened.  Maybe it's easier to see in others.  Not in a judging sense, but simply as an observer.  I mean, I'm able to look around at those I'm doing life with and those who I have done life with and see the current outcomes of their cumulative choices.  I'm foolish when I don't view my life the same way.  You reap what you sow.  Rock hard abs are made by working out.  Healthy relationships grow by investing in people.  Dreams are realized little by little.  The converse is true, but we won't go there.

All these thoughts were summed up in a simple question that has been running through my mind all morning,

"How will you change your life today?"

Small adjustments change the course of huge ships.

I'm plotting my course.

I've already adjusted a few sails, just a bit.

I'll be adjusting more as this Monday comes at me.

What about you?