There is an I in Choice?

Today I have been thinking about what it means to be a victim. Often we tell ourselves that we can't do things. For example, "I can't go shopping because it is nap time", or "I have to go to work tomorrow because I am scheduled." We feel helpless because we have removed ourselves and our agency from the equation.

If we instead recognize that choosing to stay home so that our kid takes a nap and does not make us cranky all afternoon, IS a choice. If we work tomorrow it is because we set our alarm, woke and went to work. In fact, we could call in sick and stay home in bed all day! Choices.

Even inactivity is a choice.

So today I decided to be the master of my destiny!

I Chose so many things!

I chose to be mad at my husband when he sat in the Lazy Boy playing the 360 while I cleaned the car, did the dishes, gave baths, washed and folded 5 loads of laundry, put those clothes away and washed the car seat covers.

I chose to help put my kids to bed and work out at 9:30pm instead of at 7pm.

I chose to get my eyebrows waxed so I could confidently have conversations with others without fear of reproach.

I chose to drink Dr. Pepper today! I missed the yummy taste of the delicious liquid goodness. So refreshing! Thus welcoming my long lost friend home, dispensing with it's 2 week banishment.

I chose not to throw myself on the floor and cry like a baby when I arrived at the gym and discovered I had forgotten my pink goggles and swim cap.

I chose to buy the needed items from Fry's at 11pm, despite my desperate desire to go home.

I chose to be annoyed at Fry's for shutting down their registers and making me do self check out. I got to ring up and check out all of my lovely groceries by myself.

I chose to call and give my husband a piece of my mind during my drive to the gym.

Most importantly, I chose to forgive that husband for his male frailties, and thus ended a successful and productive day on a positive note.

Perhaps tomorrow I will make more sparkly and exciting choices. I may choose to not notice some of the obnoxious or mundane aspects of existence. I will be a little more forgiving, slower to anger, perhaps drink less Dr. Pepper.

Today, however, I will just enjoy the fact that I recognize that I made ALL of these lovely choices!

The End! :)