Everything significant in my life has required me to make a decision and then follow through.  I have been around people who make life look easy and uncomplicated, but they also had to make a decision and carry it through.

I choose to be happy.  I have had many things in life kick me in the gut, but I choose to believe all those circumstances have led me to the next step in my journey.  

When I made a decision to be thankful, prayerful, and have a perspective of love I found inner peace.  Living out this decision was a pivotal part of my journey.  I learned the value of living in peace.  Something I am unwilling to give up and quickly redirect myself when inner peace is missing.

I have lived a grateful life, but I did not give thanks for everything in my life.  Now, I continually give thanks to Jesus for everything in my life, the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Moving forward with the good and quickly redirecting the bad and the ugly. 

Being prayerful was another decision I made.  Yes, I was prayerful, but I did not pray my way through life as I do now.  I would pray once or twice a day, when I saw a need for help, or when I was grateful.  Now I pray and have silent conversations with Jesus regarding most things that occur on a given day.  

Just as with being thankful and prayerful, I decided to change my perspective to love.  This was significant because coming from a perspective of love allowed me to feel compassion in all circumstances.  It allows me to be open-minded about things that normally would have made me a bit angry or stressed.  

When you train yourself to only see things with love, compassion, and kindness it opens the opportunity to live with inner peace.  It does not mean that I don’t disagree or get frustrated.  But I have decided to be thankful, prayerful, and to love.  When I start to feel stressed I know that I need to refocus on love.  I need to be thankful and prayerful.  When I make that decision, feelings of peace return.        

Another significant decision I made was to commit to listening to the Daily Audible Bible (DAB).  Reading the bible daily was never an issue for me, but reading the bible cover to cover has been a challenge.  I know someone who listened to DAB for one year and it significantly changed her perspective.  

I am so glad that I made the decision to commit to listening daily for one year.  There were days that I had to be very resourceful in finding the time to listen.  Now with 4 days left in my 2023 challenge, I can say that it has been a significant positive influence in my life and one that I would highly recommend.

We are approaching the new year!  A time when many people evaluate their lives.  If there is something you want to change, make a decision and follow through.  I am very grateful for the changes I have made and look forward to living life with inner peace.  

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