Daily Mood Quotes
Day 167 – October 17, 2011
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
~Jim Rohn
Today, I run the day, actually most days my husband and I run the day, because we are a team. We have had those days were the day runs us and they can be less than optimum and ofttimes very different (sometimes strange) from the days we run. I think a lot of it goes to “frame of mind.” What is the mood of the day today? Is it a carefree; I'll handle life as it comes to me today? Or, it is I have to stay on track and follow my schedule today? Either way, you make the choice and you have to live with it.
Wayne Dyer said, “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.” That's the key; it is really always our choice. The choice can be to follow, or to lead the events of our lives. Sometimes it feels that life can bring so much furor at one time, that it seems you have no choice but the obvious one. Unfortunately, when people feel forced into the “obvious choice” they can be whistled right by the optimum choice. It is so easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of chance and circumstance and be blown here and there like leaves on the October breeze. It can be challenging to hold fast and look for a better choice, when the urgency of the moment shoves us along. So, we choose the obvious and sometimes loose the bigger opportunity of the moment, to mentally climb above the clutter and do what is right for us. Ella Wheeler Wilcox said it best, “Always continue to climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.”
We all have free will and we all have to make choices. The simple fact is, we cannot control 98% of what goes on around us, but we can control two very important things; our actions and our reactions. And, that is how you run the day. Not by trying to hold the universe to some preconceived notion of how everything is and will go. That stuff is for fiction novels and soap operas. But, by controlling how you respond to all that is going on and maintaining a hold of your core best self.
In the movie Mr. Mom, Jack Butler (played by Michael Keaton) said to his wife Caroline (Teri Garr), “Honey, you gave me some real good advice once, so let me give you some of my own. It's real easy to forget what's important, so don't." Remembering what is important, that's what makes the difference. Have an awesome day.
How will you handle the many things in life today?
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