Choices and *Have To's*

I've been in the process of reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" lately. Today I came across a great article that explains what Covey covers in more depth in his book. Finding out that I truly had a choice in all things (even in the things that I couldn't control) has been life changing for me.

Here is just a bit of the article and the link to the rest.

Life is filled with choices, from the mundane to the epic. For the most part it’s an invisible process. We make decisions on the fly through out the day. Other decisions are made with much deliberation and forethought. The ability to choose is something that empowers us, the knowledge that, no matter what, we have a choice. If a situation is out of our control, we still have the choice of our reaction. This knowledge can permeate our lives and our interactions with others. When keeping in mind that we always have choices, we are able to be present with whatever is occurring around us.

Choices, "Have to" and the Stories We Tell by Anna M. Brown