Choose You, but You Choose by Hannah Brod

The choice. Oh, we all have choices. We all are given the freedom of choice, but how often do we actually CHOOSE? If we were honest with ourselves, we would see that we aren't often CHOOSING. We are "choosing" based on what we have been programmed to choose, but where does that lead us? It leads us towards a destination we didn't choose. It leads us to a place we never saw coming. It leads to a mystery box...but we are the ones who created that box. Now, we are stuck with the opportunity to jump into the mystery box or just leave it. So what do you choose?

1. Unravel the choices

Do you jump in? Do you leave it? Do you just dance around it? Well, the choice is yours. In this life, we only have the present moment. We only have right now. We can't go back to the past and change anything. We also can't jump into the future and decide what we want for breakfast 10 days from now. We can however sit with ourselves in the present moment and realize that we have a choice. We can look at the past, we can evaluate our patterns, and we can ACTUALLY SEE the cycles. You know those moments where you continuously go back to that ex....but you don't know why? Yeah, those cycles. OR how you continuously tell yourself you are going to workout today, but never do??? Yeah, those cycles. OR how you say you are going to let your children make their own choices, but continue to try to control them?? Yeah, those cycles.

2. Sit with the cycles

So, you have a few "cycles" do ya??? Don't we ALL. We all have a few bad habits. A few skeletons in our closet. A few things we wouldn't share with our family at Christmas, but maybe should? Maybe should talk about it? Maybe at least to someone? What I like to do is sit with it. Imagine sitting in that MYSTERY BOX. WOAH. Crazy right? Sitting in the mess. Sitting in the cycles. Sitting in the choices you have consciously...or arguably so, ~subconsciously~ chosen. Yeah, sitting with those choices. Embracing those choices. Feeling those feelings. Accepting that the choices you have continuously made in the past have got you to where you are RIGHT NOW. Right now in this present moment. Sticky right? A little messy right?

Well, that is okay. It is okay if you are a mess. It is okay if you aren't "perfect" all of the time. It is okay to accept the fact that we ALL have days where we aren't our "BEST SELVES". Give yourself grace. Rest. Relax. Know you are so loved and SIT with the CYCLES.

3. Choose what YOU want

After you have unraveled the choices, sat with the cycles, you get to the fun part... The FUN FUN PART. Now, you get the CHOICE to CREATE your own reality. To choose the life YOU want. Maybe you have always "chose" your life...but have you? Have you ACTUALLY chose what YOU WANT? Sit with that answer. Know that a lot of the choices you have made in the past may not have ~necessarily~ been yours, but it is now your turn. It is your turn to choose. It is your turn to create the life of your DREAMS. It is now time for you to "Choose You, but You Choose".

4. Embrace the journey we call LIFE

Embrace it. Sometimes it gets messy. Sometimes it gets exciting. Sometimes it is a mixture of both...pure chaos. HOW EXCITING. The cycles are meant to teach you. The patterns are meant to help inform you. The people you keep allowing back into your life are meant to show you, YOU. Maybe if you took some time to look inward, you would see that your life is pretty cool. Yeah, you may not have the job you want. Yeah, you may not have the relationship you want. But, what do you have? You have YOU. You have a roof over your head. You healed from that thing everyone told you would be impossible.

If your younger self saw you now, they would be in awe of YOU. They would cheer you on for all of the healing, growth, and learning you have done. Maybe if you embraced and gave thanks for what you currently HAVE, you'd see you're doing just fine. You are doing alright. Maybe, just maybe, you are doing BETTER than you thought you'd be at this age. Regardless, maybe it's time to find the gratitude in the present moment, give thanks that you are here to see another day, and that you have a sound mind. Embrace this thing we call life. Enjoy the ride. Get lost in the ~magical~ sauce. Notice the little things that make your heart flutter. Choose the thing that sets your soul on fire. Choose you so that in the future you can look back and realize that you chose the choice that is the road less traveled...

5. The Road

When you start your journey on the road less traveled, don't look back. Don't you DARE look back. Enjoy it. Embrace it. Let your windows down. Open your sunroof. Put on your favorite music. Smile to yourself knowing that you chose. You chose the path that many don't. You chose the path of self-love. You chose the path of self-discovery. You chose the path where you understand YOU. You chose the path to uncover the parts of you that need HEALING. You chose the path to grow into WHO you are meant to be. You finally chose... isn't it a wonderful sight?

...keep driving. I will see ya at the end of the road :)

xoxo,

Life Coach Han

"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit - fruit that will last - and so that whatever you ask in my name God will give you."

John 15:16