You can complain that life is hard; it is. Or you can embrace the fact that life is hard and look at your life as a marvelous adventure full of good and poor choices, full of ups and downs, peaks and valleys. You can complain that your life sucks or you can embrace the choices that led you to where you are right now and use those choices as opportunities to learn and grow as a human being. the choice is yours.

What are you going to do today to make yourself happy? What are you going to do today to make sure tomorrow is better? What we do with our todays matters. Every day we are confronted with choices and opportunities for personal growth. What can you do today to make yourself a better person? First, you have to determine what that means for you. What does being a better person mean to you? Does that mean living a healthier life? Incorporating exercise into your daily routine and eating healthier foods? Does that mean taking five or 10 minutes out of your busy day to meditate and reflect on the blessings life has bestowed upon you?

What does “better” mean to you? What choices can you make today that will move you a step closer to becoming the person you really want to be, to becoming the person you always were meant to be? Owning your choices will offer you freedom from lamenting where you are today and open up the possibility to end up where you want to be.

We make hundreds if not thousands of choices each and every day. You can come to the end of the day regretting your choices or you can come to the end of the day owning your choices and feeling good about the things you have done to make yourself a better person, a better human being. The choice is up to you.