Monday Morning Motivational Message - What Will Your Existence Be?

What will your life look like?

What do you want your life to look like?

Viktor Frankl, the World War II Holocaust survivor said, "Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change in an instant."

Do you believe you can change from moment to moment, or do you think your life is predetermined and you have no control over your experiences?

Can you choose to not speak ill of someone who everyone else is making fun of?

Can you decide to not go out with your friends and study for that test you have coming up?

Can you elect to let a sober driver get you home when you know you've had too much to drink?

The answer to those questions is, "Yes."

As Frankl states, everyone has the ability to change in an instant. But that change goes both ways. You can resolve to change for the better, or the worse.

And that change will determine the type of existence you will have.

When I was a police officer, my partner and I tried to help a young man who was hanging out with the drug dealers that he grew up with in his neighborhood. We got him away from his "friends" and offered to pay his reinstatement fees to get his driver's license current, help him get his GED, and set him up with a job. We offered him a new beginning, but he turned us down. About a year later, he committed an armed robbery and is now a convicted felon.

What would his existence look like if he had decided to take us up on our offer?

Your existence will be shaped by the choices and decisions you make, not by the choices or decisions that others make for you. 

You can whine and complain about what you have or don't have and make excuses about why you aren't where you want to be in your life.

But at the end of the day, your life, your existence, will be solely determined by the choices and decisions you make or don't make.

What will your existence look like?

Please leave me a comment about the good and bad choices you have made in your life and how they have  impacted your existence today.  ​