The person we are is the person we choose to be. We can be our own light or we can be our own darkness. We can be our own worst enemy or our own best friend. We decide.
The story of our life is the story we write ourselves. It’s a mix of good and bad, happy and sad but it’s our story.
No-one can live our life for us and neither can we live another person’s life for them. We are unique. And we are enough.
While the process of making a decision followed by the taking of action is very much a personal challenge and burden assistance is always available.
It’s not possible to direct and control the things that happen to us and around us. But it is possible to direct and control that which happens through us.
We choose our attitudes and reactions. That comes with the bonus and the burden of consequence.
There is nothing new under the sun and advice and assistance is available but it is of no value if it is ignored.
While the pain of past mistakes can be confronted and compartmentalised and the fear of the future can be exaggerated through imagination we all have today to make a difference.
Today is yesterday’s future. Tomorrow it will be the past.
Love and acceptance starts with the individual. We look inside ourselves for that.
Only then can we honestly offer it to those around us.
Gary Bentley Counselling 