Choosing Joy

Found this on a website I stalk and thought it just seemed to really resonate with me and where I am in my life right now...

We cannot control the weather.

We cannot control the traffic.

We cannot control the neighbors.

We cannot control other people.

We cannot control the prices.

We cannot stop ourselves from aging.

We cannot keep things new.

We cannot control the force of nature.

We cannot keep life still.

However...

We can choose what we think.

We can choose to help when we are needed.

We can choose to learn from trials.

We can choose to see our blessings.

We can choose faith when life seems dark.

We can choose to hold hope in our hearts.

We can choose to prepare for natural disasters.

We can choose to look forward and let the past go.

We can choose to alter our perception of ourselves.

We can choose to forgive ourselves and others.

We can choose to do something about our situation if we don't like it.

We can choose to cry, to mourn, to sigh, to storm.

We can choose to laugh, to love, to smile, to grin.

We can choose joy.

--author unknown