A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
Rita Mae Brown
If you live life as a reaction you lose your freedom to have the life you want. Instead you are playing defense and always living as if to attack or defend. Life can be lived anyway you like yet many people have chosen a life of struggle. Let me emphasize the word struggle and let me emphasize the word chosen. If you feel struggle in your life- it is because you are choosing it. I know its not what you want to hear and maybe you are saying I didn't create the struggle in my life and well I say-- yes you did. Knowingly did you create the struggle- absolutely not but you chose every step of the way how you would react. Something happens and in that moment you choose how you are going to react. You choose to react in a way that makes you a victim or you react in a way that robs your peace. The common denominator is you. No matter what happens outside of you, you always have a choice to react or act. You may not have a choice on the events that happen around but you have a say in how things unfold.
There is so much freedom in recognizing that you have a say in how your life unfolds. Just pay attention today to your actions and how you react to certain circumstances. You always have a choice. I'm just saying you should choose you. And by choosing you I mean choose peace.
A peaceful existence is a fruitful one.
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