Making A Choice!

Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?

Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal?

The debate will always go on about who is better than the other!

And each of us do have our choices… and a very strong opinion about why our choice is the best one! But when it comes to important or significant things in our own life we stay away from making those choices. We avoid them like a hot potato... we push them to another day and continue living with the monkeys on our backs.

Face them... Monkeys or demons… whatever you want to call them.. And make a choice!!

Those difficult issues in your life which you don't talk or even think about, because they have happened in the past are the ones that shape your tomorrow. You begin to live with them and they become a part of who you are.

I did that too and the only thing I managed to do was make my life miserable. Until the day I decided to make a choice. I decided to take my life in my own hands, face my past and create my own destiny. However, to do this you need to make some tough choices. Choices about your values, choices about the way you will live your life from hereon and the strength to be disciplined enough to stand by these choices.

It will be a tough journey initially. It’ll make you regret your decision; but if you have based your choice on your values, it’ll be worth it in the long run. 

Look within yourself to understand what your values are. Ask yourself if you are living your life according to your true values. If you look into that difficult past and analyze the mistakes you did, you will realize that they happened since you weren’t true to your values.

Then, also analyze your values. Is the intensity of your values taking them close to the universal principles? If not, turn the regulator to high.

Once you are there, embrace these values and live your life as per them. As I said earlier, the initial journey will be difficult as you change yourself, to be in tune with your changed value system. 

Remember, every time you come across a fork on the journey of life, you have a choice. And these choices aren’t just going to impact you; they are also going to impact people in your circles of influence and concern.

I realized this when I experienced a choice being made by someone, which transformed MY life. And that’s when I made a choice – to up the ante, re-evaluate my value system, make tough choices about tough situations and create a Win - Win situation. I stand today with the courage to have dreams and the confidence of fulfilling them, because of THAT CHOICE made by someone else. I am now continuing the chain.

Continue this chain further and experience the difference that you create in the world.


Ciao!