In any situation we always have a choice.
Always.
We might have a choice on the action we can take, the meaning we give, or our emotional response…
We might kid ourselves that we have no choice, but we know that’s a lie.
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms —to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”
Dr Viktor Frankyl
Viktor Frankyl, an Austrian Jewish psychiatrist, learnt this in the Nazi concentration camps.
It’s worth remembering this so that we make our choice consciously.
No matter where you look, all ancient wisdom points to one thing…
We don’t always take the straight path. Sometimes we take the long road. Or no road at all.
Recently I’ve been making a conscious effort to say nice things to people.