Personal Meditation No. 140

“It’s not all in your mind but if you don’t control your mind, then the rest doesn’t matter.”

Embrace the Within

Choose life. It’s not just a slogan for abortion. My body, my choice. It’s just not a slogan for abortion. These two slogans are on opposite sides of the abortion debate BUT they are both key components of my philosophy about life. I don’t see the two ideas as opposites. What I see are two great ideas that are being used to influence emotion and reinforce beliefs.

I choose life every day. I wake up and choose to live my life. I didn’t always choose to live. I sort of just existed for the longest time. I would struggle through the morning routine to get to work and dose up on caffeine to make it through the day so I could drag myself back home and continue the routine of existing. I thought that was what life was because I was surrounded by folks doing exactly the same thing. Complaining about their jobs, their income, their families, their lives, everything. It was normal to feel like garbage because I was consuming garbage and treating myself like garbage.

I began to realize that a lot of the folks that I thought were getting ahead in life were just miserable. They just hated everything about their lives. Then, I started reading more and more about the liberty movement. And then I got involved with folks that talked a lot about owning themselves and their lives. And that was really exciting for me. BUT I did come to the realization that they were typically miserable people as well that weren’t living their values.

So, if it is my body and my choice, then my choice every day is to choose life. I could choose to be miserable BUT I have already been down that road before. I could choose death BUT I do like living and all the opportunity that offers. So, I do choose to live every day. I live grateful for another day to work on being me. I visualize where I want my life to go and work on getting there every day. I couldn’t do that if I was miserable or dead. So, I guess my only other option is to choose life.

And since I am choosing to live, then I get to choose what happens to my body. I get the opportunity every day to start my day getting my body and mind healthy and ready for the day ahead. I get to work out physically and mentally as I start my day. I get to tap-tap-tap-aroo here every day and tell my story. I get to choose to go into work and spread the good news of the importance of learning. I get the opportunity to live a life that is an example of what getting healthy looks like. I get the opportunity to be positive about life amidst a sea of miserable folks complaining. I get the opportunity to solve problems and use the scientific method and data analysis and influence techniques to try and get the best out of the world around me. So, since I own my body, then I am going to choose to live with that body.

So, even though media wants the idea of choosing life and owning your body to be diametrically opposite slogans over abortion, they are not in opposition. They are aligned in every person, every day. You get to choose what you’re going to do with your body, your mind, your life every day. What is your choice?

Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

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