This year I am writing a blog post for each of the twelve days of Christmas as I have done a few times before. It went well with the first post, even if it was posted late in the day. Then the second day came, and I was too tired after the Christmas celebrations, so here is the second post even if it is the third day.
First day of Christmas I wrote about making the world a little better; that post spawned out of writing about decisions, and then my brain went on a journey 🙂
This happens regularly, and then I chose if I want to follow my brain or go back to my original plan. I make a decision; I make an active choice.
Making active choices is important. It is the way we take control of our lives. Going with the flow is easy: Doing what we are “supposed” to do (from inner or other expectations), doing what we always do, doing as we are told, not doing anything which is also a choice. There are many variations of giving up control of our lives.
Some of you will already know that I like to talk about active choices in many different settings; I use it when I work in organisations and with individuals, and it is often in my talks. In this post, I want to address the choices we make about who we are, and the impact that we have on the world
My inspiration for this post came after watching the Christmas movie “Red One”. I love this message:
“Every day we have a choice about who we want to be. Every decision, big or small, is an opportunity to do good and to leave the world a better place.”
Red One aka Santa aka Nick aka Sankt Nicolaus of Myra.
It speaks of choices, and it speaks of making the world better. We have the choice to decide who we want to be every single day. We have that choice even if we don’t know that we have it. This also means that we have the choice to change if we want to. Every day gives us a new option to choose who we are, who we want to be. We have the ability and the power to decide who we want to be. Not just once, but every single day with every decision we make. We can choose.
We have the option to make the world better every single day. We have that option even if we don’t know that we have it. We have that option even if we don’t think we have any influence. Sometimes we can feel small and insignificant in the bigger picture. We might be small, but we are not insignificant. Like I stated yesterday, we can make a difference by holding the door, by smiling to someone, by asking how a friend is doing, we can make a difference; and those are just the small differences. It is part of what makes us who we are. Do we seize that opportunity to do good?
You have that choice, so make it actively; take control over who you want to be.
Did you choose, who you want to be today?
Blogpost for the first day of Christmas 24/25: Making the world a little bit better
Blogpost for the third day of Christmas 24/25: Hope is real
Blogpost for the fourth day of Christmas 24/25: Ripples in the Water
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