Choose Now to Make This Year Your Best Ever

As we begin a new year and a new decade, we all have aspirations and things that we want to be, do, and have in our lives.

Most will never get these things because of one major challenge that haunts us as human beings.  That challenge is "choice."  It haunts us not in the way you may think.  We make choices every day,  Making a choice is easy for us.  Making the right choices...the deep life-changing ones...the ones that truly allow us to get to completely new levels in our lives are extremely hard.  And because of this, we make the opposite choice.  The choice to keep things the way they are or settle for much less (But, hey, we feel better).

At the core of things in our lives, it comes down to the choices we make.  The choices we make are driven by the principles and beliefs we have as they drive our results.  To truly make a life-changing choice requires great commitment, resolve, sacrifice, and tenacity over a long period of time - as well as the ability to deal with fear.  And that goes against what we have been conditioned to in our instant society.  If people don't see results fast, they move on.  And nowadays, not even a little result is good enough.  It needs to be significant right now or it's a failure.

Sadly, most people fall prey to this way of thinking and running their life, time and time again, when the true path, the real breakthrough, comes over the long-term.

Case in point.  As I write this, it is the beginning of the year.  Fitness centers are going to be filled for the next month with all those people that "are finally going to lose the weight and get into shape."  But, what happens after January?  Most people have started working out, but haven't seen any real results.  They may not have lost a pound.  They didn't get that immediate gratification they thought they'd see, even after putting in soooo much more time than they thought they should to get a result.  Right. Because just 3-4 weeks of fitness is going to drastically reverse what took years to create.

If people would look at things from the perspective of what can be accomplished over the course of the year if they keep at it, they'd see a massive difference.  Sure, they'd probably lose some weight, but even more importantly is the fact that they would be healthier, be in better shape both internally and externally, and would have discipline that can last for years for them - effectively changing their life and probably helping them live longer.

It all comes down to that BIG choice.  Not the half-hearted, "OK, I'll try it" choices that last for a short time.  No, it is that deep, life-changing choice, that you sit down before making, and think deeply on it as a total change to your life and your future.  That is the ability you have right now for anything in your life.  Make the RIGHT choice(s) and see it or them through this year and into the rest of the decade.  You have the ability to change your life.  Choose wisely.