Choices

Choices are so hard for me:

What to do? And what to see?

What to drink? And what to eat?

How to think and who to meet;

When to speak and what to say?

When to work and when to play?

I do know that it’s, as they say,

Better to let come what may!

And, besides, those questions seem

To solve themselves, with Age Esteem!

Written for AgeEsteem® by Alexandra Taylor

People with age esteem recognize that they have choices, that they are masters of their own life.  They may not be able to control what happens to them all of the time or even most of the time, but they take control over how they act or react to what happens.

Age esteemers know they can choose to see what happens as an opportunity or as a catastrophe.  They can choose to be a victim, or they can choose to take action to move beyond the problem, to learn from it and benefit from it.

• Decide that you will become a can do, will do person who takes control.
• Look for the opportunity inside a difficulty.
• Remind yourself that you are in control.

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