You Have the Power

You have the power to set yourself free of negative
Thought patterns and behaviors. You have the power to imagine the best for yourself and your world, and then to immediately take steps in that direction.

You have the power to rise above the meaningless, petty distractions that can waste so much time and steal so much energy. You have the power to fill your moments, your life and your awareness with the things that have real and lasting meaning.

You have the power to be your best no matter what the circumstance. You have the power to move forward no matter what setbacks or obstacles may block your path.

You have the power to live true to your highest vision of how life can be. You have the power to follow and to reach the dreams of your choosing.

You have all this power because you have the choice. In each moment, you can choose independent of all other factors, what to think, what to say, and what to do and who to be.

Though it is a serious responsibility, it is also the most magnificent opportunity anyone could ever imagine. For you have the choice, and the power, to truly and to fully live.

-- Ralph Marston

I saw this poem at the end of an email I received today. At first, I overlooked it because I thought it was on of those meaningless tags that a lot of people put at the end of their emails; you know, keep smiling because there is blue skies ahead crap. However I needed some info so I pulled the email out of my garbage section and read it again, this time the poem caught my attention (I guess that is what it was supposed to do.) Then I read it three times. I really don’t know why I needed to read it three time ;but, I guess, I wanted to make sure the message it was giving was what I was understood it to be. Which coincides with situations and people that have been “popping” into my life lately that he really been testing me to stay the course with my life changes. (Maybe another time I’ll deluge but not now) Eh, I think I really needed to be reminded that I have a choice in what ever actions I take.