You need courage to be creative. You need the courage to see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courage to take a different approach, courage to stand alone, if you have to, courage to choose activity over inactivity.
We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.
You are what you are today because of the choices you made in the past
I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change
Attitude determines choice, and choice determines results. All that we are, and all that we can become has indeed been left unto us.
Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life. If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life-and it all begins with your very own power of choice.
We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today.
If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labour, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make, but while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause
