Choose your feelings

I am one who has been writing about making choices.
I know that my stand has always been that to say, " I will always have a choice...and to make the best out of whatever situation I am in."
This entry is to acknowledge the difficulties and challeges I face when I have to apply that.

No matter how much experience one has, or what one has gone through, I feel that whenever a situation presents itself to us, it is hard to act 'as we are used to'.  You see, while a positive mindset is something that we can cultivate and nurture, feelings on the other hand, occur more spontaneously.  We react instinctively.


I can listen to someone telling me a joke, and laugh...or I can blurt out in anger.
I am aware of my trigger points. 
So I guess that it is not so much the situation that creates the feeling alone....I do have some form of choice as to which feeling I can use to respond to the things that happen to me.

Perhaps that is why, it possible to have mixed reactions; or mixed feelings towards certain things.  It is also ok to be unsure.  But I suppose it is important that I cultivate a habit of responding to things more positively rather than negatively.

Last week, it was tough.
I realise the moment I feel that my feelings have been hurt, the wound can fester if I don't learn to let go.
Anger builds, and it does nothing but keeping on burning if I allow it to be fuelled by pessimism.
It took a while to let go,and immediately I could breathe.


Feelings profoundly influence the life you experience, and those feelings are yours to choose in any moment. Choose the ones that give real power to the purpose that lives within you.

Dear God,
I choose to be calm with myself today.
Thank you for your blessings.
Ameen