Choosing the Good Stuff

      As we come into the last week of 2018, I can't help but to reflect back on all of the ups and downs that occurred throughout the year. I laughed, I cried, I learned, I grew, I gained, I loss, so on and so forth. But I must say that it was a pretty darn good year. I, like many other people in this world, didn't do a 2018 resolution. I simply declared that this year I would try to enjoy life more. And this will be my same thought for my 2019 and my 2020 and my 2021 and my 2022..... you get the picture.
      Though I don't have much to say today, I do want to say this to you. Life already has so many twist and turns. Ins and outs. Ups and downs. Highs and lows. (I can go all day with that.) But through it all, DO NOT forget to choose to laugh, choose to live and choose to love. None of us know what tomorrow holds. None of us can predict how everything​ will turn out. The only thing that is in our control is our right now. The moment that is upon us. So right now, I dare you to
Choose to live.
Choose to be in the moment.
Choose to enjoy those around you.
Choose to laugh.
Choose to focus on the good and not the bad.
Choose not to focus on tomorrow. 
      I can always look at a person and tell what they have chosen. It is not hard to see. It is written all over each and every one of us while we are thinking that we are the greatest at hiding our entire selves from the world. But the next time I or anyone around you looks at you, we should be saying, "Yep, he/she chose the good stuff". I cannot say that it will always be easy because our minds constantly want to focus on the worries and troubles of tomorrow. That bible verse is real that states that tomorrow has troubles of its own. Take it one day at a time. One situation at a time. One moment at a time. Train your mind to choose the good and eventually it will become second nature. But do not let 2019 catch you not choosing laughter, life and love. The good stuff in life that will add to and not take away from your life. Just choose it.