“You are not your body or your hairstyle, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.”
You have a beautiful mind.
I’m not talking about how intelligent or clever you are. I’m talking about a gift you were born with that’s worth more than all the money in the world.
It’s your ability to choose. To choose how you respond to challenges, to choose how you see the world, to choose what your attitude will be in any circumstances.
Your mind is the product of thousands of generations of people before you who adapted to tough situations, who stayed resilient in the face of challenges, who persisted in spite of pain and loss and struggles you can’t even imagine.
You were born with those same abilities. You were given every tool you need to fix the problems that life sends your way. Being resilient and facing challenges is what you were made to do.
Your mind controls your emotions . . . not the other way around. You are not defined by your body or your possessions or your circumstances. You’re defined by your judgments of those things, and how you choose to respond to them.
Your mind the only thing you truly own, the only thing you have total control over. Everything else can be taken away from you . . . but no one can ever take away your ability to choose how you respond.
Regardless of what challenges you’re facing, regardless of what mistakes you’ve made, regardless of what the world gives you . . .
You can choose to be unconquered.
You can choose to be happy.