Choices...Good Choices, Good Consequences. Bad Choices, Bad Consequences. (How many times have I told you guys that, especially Danny?)
Decisions Determine Destiny.
Thoughts turn into Words. Words turn into Actions. Actions turn into Habits. Habits turn into Character. Be careful where you turn.
I think this week I did pretty good with my thoughts and turning them into words. That's at least the first step. Too often, especially with our relationships we have the thoughts, but the words are sometimes hard. How many times do we wish we would have said something different or wish we hadn't said something at all? It's so hard to say "Sorry" or that you were wrong and the other person was right. Usually we just go on, trying to feel justified, but hopefully, learning and remembering for next time.
I guess this is more for married people, but it's true in all close relationships. We need to appreciate each other more and we need to express that appreciation. Have you ever justified a person's behavior because you loved them and surely they couldn't have done what others think they've done? We need to do that with our spouses or siblings or close friends. I'm not saying to be blind, but I'm saying to choose to think the best. Life will never be perfect, but we can choose to be happy every single day!
So I've told some of you this already, but on my birthday I text Dan in the morning. "I know how you feel about presents, but please don't waste your time shopping. Everyday with you is a gift. I want you to know I really believe that." "Also, you have given me not one present but a life where I can have anything and do anything I want every single day. Thank you for loving me so much you've given me your whole life."
I didn't plan on writing this. It has always been my thoughts, but seldom my words. So seldom that when Dan received the texts, his first thought was "Who has her phone?" That's a little sad.
So I challenge all of us to take the next step, turn your thoughts into words. And hopefully as we keep doing that it will then turn into Actions, which turn into Habits, which will turn into our Character.
I love you all!