Every day, we make choices from the simple to the most complicated and complex which involve life, prosperity, death and doom issues (putting us in difficult spot) resulting in blessings and curses. We may not be aware but that holds true. Many of them we don’t spend as much time as others as they have become habits. They’re second nature to us. We don’t think much about them anymore. They go automatic. They’re part of us.

Choose life (Deut. 30: 19). Start small and build from there. Avoid a troubling company. Make friends with people who want nothing but the best for you. Hang out with individuals whose lives inspire you. Listen only to people who nourish your souls. Go to bed early and get up early. Say a little prayer in the morning as soon as you wake up and before settling down at night. While this is not a life and death situation, they help out in building habits which will eventually pay off especially for the younger generation endlessly seeking guidance and direction. As you know, who we are and where we are is the result of the easy and tough decisions made in the past. Maybe, some, a matter of luck.

This lovely quote from today’s (collect) opening prayer, “Prompt our actions with your inspiration, we pray, O Lord, and further them with your constant help, that all we do may always begin from you…”   is golden.