"Most people are about as happy as they make their minds up to be."
Abraham Lincoln

Each day I decide to love my family, friends, colleagues, and myself.

I have come to appreciate that whenever I am in an upset, I can decide to love the people involved despite the circumstances.

In my relationship, I can decide to love and stay connected with my mate regardless of what has occurred. This catapults me back to my center, where I experience my own dignity and power and my attention goes to what needs to be done. I discover that somewhere, somehow, both in my inner and outer worlds, I have what it takes and I am again able to enjoy my day.

All of this is generated from deciding.

This approach has evolved from deciding the following:

I have decided that I am sufficient.
I have decided that I am enough.
I have decided that I have what it takes and the world around me has what it takes.
I have now, have had in the past, and will always have, enough.
I have decided that change is ok.

To begin something or to bring anything to a definitive end, we decide.

Ending uncertainty is a decision.

Selecting a course of action is a decision.

Resolving a dispute is a decision.

Making choices or judgments are decisions too.

Deciding establishes consent.

We make decisions each day, almost as often as we breathe, yet many of us are taking action (both positive and negative) without first acknowledging that we are responsible for deciding to do so.

Character