Many people dream of the day they will become happy, successful, healthy, prosperous, and financially independent, but they only daydream, forgetting to take action! Others live only from memories of the past, ignoring the fact that their lives continue and that they must keep living, as life happens every moment, here and now!
Both groups are nothing more than spectators of themselves, as they only watch events unfold without 
interfering in them. They go wherever they are taken, as they consider themselves without the power of choice. One day, however, they realize that they have not lived as they would have liked, become frustrated, and start to see themselves as victims of the world. Later on, they end up realizing that they are in a situation they themselves created. However, most of the time, they discover that they could have lived differently when they already lack the physical vigor to do what they would like or when their health is so weakened that it takes away their autonomy over their own life.
Did you realize that if you don’t wake up to life now, tomorrow it may be too late? You are the only one responsible for your life! This means that everything that happens to you, good or bad, is entirely your responsibility. And by taking responsibility for yourself, you eliminate the possibility that someone will upset you, sadden you, or hurt you, physically or psychologically — unless you allow it.
With your thoughts, the same occurs: either you control them or they will be controlled by others. Only you have power over your thoughts.
The next step to stay in control of your life is to know how to choose. You communicate with the Universe through your choices. The first choice, which is the foundation of all other decisions and events in your life, can be summed up as: “I choose to be the creative force of my life.” By making this choice, you take responsibility for your life, become the creator of your destiny, and stop being a victim of people or situations, unless you want to!
The next choice, which complements the previous one, is to be honest with yourself. Forget the idea of pleasing everyone and be true to the most important person in your life: you! What others think about you is their problem, not yours!
Finally, choose to be healthy. But notice that “being healthy” is not the same as “not being sick.” A healthy person has the energy to do whatever they want in life, while a person who is not suffering from any illness is just a person who is not sick.
By reaffirming your choices daily, you reprogram your mind and allow it to accept other choices, just as important as these. But you must choose! Giving up this gift is allowing anyone to manipulate your life.
Making choices is the first step towards the place you want to conquer.
DR. LAIR RIBEIRO
Cardiologist, speaker
www.lairribeiro.com.br
lrsintonia@terra.com.br