Walking through life, we spend most of our energy choosing the right shoes.
More often than not, people who are obsessed with their desires and feelings are generally unhappier in life vs. people that refocus their attention on service to others or a righteous cause. Have you ever heard someone say their life sucked because they fed the homeless? Made their children laugh? Or, bought a toy for a needy child at Christmas time?
All roads out of hell lead home.
It is not through fighting the opposition that will win you dignity. It is when you fight the fear in yourself that asks you why you don't feel you have it, regardless if you win or lose.
Family and friends become oppressors the moment they teach you that loyalty is more important than what is done to people outside your social circle. What they are really saying is this: Save yourself because God is more interested in an intact family or social circle that looks righteous, rather than you being a person of integrity that has compassion for others. It is this absurdity that teaches the wrong version of God and creates the next generation of "me" centered individuals.
It is through strength of character, not luck, do we form the predictable path of our future.
You have to choose your path.You have to decide what you wish to do.You are the only person that can determine your destiny.
It isn't what you will do for your children that makes you a great mother or father. It is what you do for God that isn't self serving, which sets the stage for children to learn to care about something other than what is expected.
Eating disorder recovery becomes possible when you keep making the next right decision over and over. With time, these decisions become automatic.
Choose to live life.Choose your own career paths.Choose your own destiny.