I've written about a number of couple of related topics, so far, do I suppose I should touch on this one today. It is at once the simplest and most difficult topic that I intend to write about--though I reserve the right to top myself later, of course. ..The question is: "How much power do your decisions have?" The sample answer is 'however much you give them'. You can approach me, and ask me because of this: "What do you mean? Everyone must work their way through life. Everyone is forced to make decisions, like this one, or that one, because of this or that circumstance." And that would be untrue.

You see, we can frame our lives in one of many ways. Some people elect to frame their lives in this way: "I must do this, to earn money, so I can eat; I must do this, to satisfy this person or this need." But such people, including myself, deceive ourselves! The proper frame for the world is this: "These are the circumstances I am in. I see them objectively and have the power to change them, through my decisions. Since I do not opt to change them; these are good circumstances."

You can say--those who have been hurt, those who suffer, they do not choose these things. And you would be correct, of course--no one chooses to suffer. But how we strive, how we defeat our suffering and sorrows, how we seal them away and defeat the sources of the same, these--THESE--we can control! It is for this purpose I seek to open my eyes, not just for moments at a time, but through the course of life.

I'm oddly thoughtful tonight.

~DJ Springs