“I think we’re just going to be tired for the rest of our lives,”  she said after taking that last final of college.  It’s true.  I think we’re just going to be tired for a long, long time. We have a lot to do in our short lives. 

So many of us wake up, get ready, drive to work, work, eat, work, drive home from work, eat, watch TV, read one page of a magazine that makes us feel good about starting to “read more,” then sleep.  And the cycle begins again.  Over and over and over and over. And for most people, this IS their daily schedule.  How did we all get stuck in a routine? Is it human nature?  Is it the PLAN?  Do we all need structure in order to prevent chaos?  In a way, yes.  Laws are good.  Structure is good.  Freedom is good, too.  While America has plenty of faults, I do feel very lucky to live here.  I can do whatever I want this Saturday.  Maybe take a jog by myself in the park, watch a movie, lie in bed all day, help in the community….Whatever I want.  I could even skip work next week.  Heck, I don’t even have to work at all (yeah right, but you get the picture).  That’s the point.  I have the choice to do what I want.  I am IN LOVE with my free will!

Being in control of our actions is something so many of us take for granted.  We just do, without thinking.  Or even don’t do, without thinking.  We forget that we can choose!  There are so many paths for each of us, it’s hard to pick the “right” one.  I have faith I can do it.  And you, too.  Maybe I’ll choose the wrong path at first and that’s OK.  But, at least I’m making a decision and then consciously choosing to make another one even if it’s wrong again.  That’s how we learn and grow as human beings.  

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