Life. Lived.

Choices

Every day of life is a learning experience. Every single day in life we make choices and decisions that shape the rest of our future.

When I look at my life, my past vs. my present, I know I am a blessed woman. My choices have not always been the best ones for me, kind of like choosing to eat a brownie instead of an apple. You know the smart choice is the apple, but for some reason that brownie just looks a little too good! God has somehow managed to always know my heart and to see who I want to be inside of me, and He works with me each day to help that woman come through. That's not to say that the past doesn't affect my present, it does. I see it very often and a lot of my time is spent consciously changing my attitude, my thoughts and my actions.
Someone from my past once told me that people do not change, asking me if I was one person one minute and another person in a different moment. He wondered 'who are you now then? Because I know you, and people do not change.'

I do not believe that. Change is growth and everyone grows, therefore you change. Or at least you have the option to change. Some people don't want to change their lives or actions, and they don't. They stay in the same rut they have been in for years, never moving forward with their lives.

Personally, I have a lot of 'history'; good, bad and neutral. I made mistake after mistake, I've made wise choices as well, and each move I have made have made me who I am today.

My husband and I spoke this morning about the past, and how everyone looks at their lives and says, 'What if...' What if I dated this man/woman? What if I gone that school instead? The hardest part in life is accepting the choices you have made, whether good or bad and making the best out of them. Choosing to grow and change into a better person than you were before.

Can people change? Yes, I believe so, I have to believe that we can otherwise what is the point of living?