I choose

I did not write this.
I surely wish I had.
It is wonderful!

(But, of course,

I had to embellish ~

just a smidge!)

I choose ...

to live by choice,

not by chance;

to make changes,

not excuses;

to be motivated,

not manipulated;

to be useful,

not used;

to excel,

not compete;

to choose self-esteem,

not self pity;

to listen to my inner voice,

not the random opinions of others.

I choose ...

to be my amazingly unique

and incredible self ~

offering my talents and gifts,

love and light,

trials and victories,

that my story might be

of some comfort

and safe passage

for someone else.