You are more powerful than you know, think or allow yourself to be. We all have power over our lives. It may be difficult to see sometimes, but it’s always there. You always have a choice and in that choice lies your power. As we end this year and a decade, dedicate today to the power of choice. Your choice. You can’t choose everything that you experience in life, but what you can choose is mightier than any circumstance, outcome, or other person’s opinion. Where you focus your mind, how you use your words, and how you treat yourself and others are all up to you. One chapter at a time, you write your own story. You have the power to choose what you absorb and what you release. You ultimately decide what you share, what you keep, and what you let go. How long you stay mad and how long you wait to reach for hope, when you say yes and when you say no, and how long you say only what others want to hear are all up to you. Whether you see the world with gratitude or resentment begins with a choice. Today, choose to look for things to feel good about. And if nothing else, choose to be as intentional as you can. Always with acceptance for the part of you that forgets. Start today start small, and remind yourself of your power to choose.

Just for today, I reclaim my power now. I know in any given situation I have a choice between love and fear. I choose love. I appreciate all that I do. I speak up for myself. I ask for what I want. I am good enough. I claim my power now and lovingly create my own reality. Everything is always working out for my highest good. And so it is.