Choose Wisely

Jumping on the "word wagon"...again...this year, my word for 2011 is choose.

For now, I will choose my words more carefully, choose to spend my time more thoughtfully, choose my actions more intentionally. 

I've come to learn that how I greet the day is up to me.  How I deal with situations is up to me.  How I treat my relationships...and myself...is up to me.  I can choose to be happy, choose to be kind, choose positive thoughts over negative ones. 

I can choose to let go and not "sweat the small stuff".

I would like to choose more play than work, choose more laughter than tears, more time spent with family than doing chores.  It may mean a messier house, but it guarantees merrier memories.  I would like to choose a more healthy lifestyle, choose more creative endeavors, choose to forgive my imperfections. 

It's a year in my life; I choose to spend it wisely.

In the third Indiana Jones movie...near the end of his quest...Indiana is advised by the knight to "choose wisely".  Though there may be moments when I choose poorly{those imperfections, ya know}, I hope to spend my days making good choices.  To choose more wisely in this year 2011.

*And on that note, I think it was a wise choice to ask for the help of Ms. Karen of ValentineDesign.  I wanted a wider blog...a little more elbow room for pictures...and she made it happen.  Thank you, Karen; I am extremely grateful!