A part of my tomorrow

Richard Bach has a quote:
 "Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you." 

It is by far one of my favorite quotes of all time. How much control do you have over your own life in that statement?................. Complete. And that's closer to the truth then most people will ever truly fathom. Yesterday we went to The Smoky Mountain Knife Works (One of my favorite places here. We were there for nearly 3 hours and had to help drag each other out) and we met this guy who worked there. He started to tell us what we were looking at and I finished his sentence so he would leave us alone, but instead it peaked his interest and we stood there talking about everything from woodwork to lottery winnings. He stated that his Aunt had come into 75million dollars and now she's a total bitch with a new face and a new ass. It completely changed her. So he says, his feelings are, that if you get something so generous you begin to change who you are, you need to give it to people who could really DO something with it. Like leave your waitress a few thousand dollars as a tip for a cup of coffee and a bagel. CHAD SAYS THAT ALL THE TIME! So right there I'm thinking "We could totally be friends with this dude. Give him a card, tell him to call or stop by the shop." Crossroads. Choice is now his...

When you meet someone, or get a new job, a new place.... You immediately have to choose what to do with them.. And every decision made from there on, steers you in a direction involving said person/place. So why, if someone or something in your life is making you miserable, do you keep choosing to deal with it the way you do? NOTHING has to be forever. If you surround yourself with people you enjoy in places you enjoy, and make wise decisions as to how often they need to be there, and how much effort you are willing to put into them........ what could there be to complain about? The choice is solely up to you...

I know there are people in my life that I hold near and dear to my heart. Friends I've had for YEARS. But the reason we remain friends, is because we only see each other for small increments of time with long periods between. Not because I don't adore them!! But we share common underlying interests, but lead totally different lives. Or maybe we don't agree with certain choices they've made, or vise versa. Too much of that and you start to focus on the negative in that person, rather then what it is about them that you love so much you never want to lose them.

Then there are the people you just NEED to talk to every day. Your conversations may be long and deep or short and virtually pointless, but when a day passes that you haven't spoken at all, you feel sorta.........empty. Like that day just wasn't all it could have been........ These people may not have any more in common with you then friend 'A', but they have a way of relating to you in a sense that no one else can. You keep them around because they fill a spot in your life that you like having occupied..... At any point you could tell that person to stick it, but you don't want to. You CHOOSE to keep them there.

I have made a few choices in my life that I am not proud of, or wish I could do over. Mainly because that one bad decision has changed a certain course in my life that I may have liked to travel. "If only I had..........." But knowing that from this point on I can change my tomorrow, today, comforts me and gives me such a beautiful outlook on life. I don't think about 'right this moment' per say, nor do I think of 20 years from now, every decision is based on who, what, and where I want to be -a part of my tomorrow.

And tomorrow, I'm gonna call my Momma and check up on Naarnan <3

xx