The Choice

I CHOOSE . . .

TO LIVE BY CHOICE AND NOT BY CHANCE.

TO BE MOTIVATED, NOT MANIPULATED.

TO BE USEFUL IN ANY WAY I CAN BE, BUT NOT TO BE USED AS AN OBJECT.

TO MAKE CHANGES, WHEN NECESSARY, NOT EXCUSES.

TO EXCEL IN ALL THINGS GOOD WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT COMPETITION.

I CHOOSE . . .

SELF-ESTEEM, NOT SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS OR PITY.

TO LISTEN TO MY INNER VOICE DEVELOPED BY THE EXPERIENCE OF PERSONAL MISTAKES, TRAGEDY, ABUSE, AND BETRAYAL . . . YET HEALED AND COMFORTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.

TO LISTEN TO THAT VOICE, GUIDED BY MY HEARTFELT DESIRE TO BE PLEASING AND OBEDIENT TO GOD, NOT THE RANDOM OPINIONS OF OTHERS, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHO THEY WANT TO BE IN MY LIFE.

I CHOOSE . . .

TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY POOR CHOICE I MADE WAS MADE WITH PURPOSE.

THEREFORE, EVERY CHOICE I NOW MAKE IS INTENTIONAL.

I AM THE ONE WHO HOLDS THE GIFT OF THE POWER TO INTENTIONALLY MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES TO HONOR AND RESPECT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN GRANTED TO ME.

I CHOOSE . . .

TO REMEMBER THAT I AM NOT A VICTIM, AND I AM NOT A SURVIVOR . . . I AM A WARRIOR.

C. S. Vann