I had my first experience with major Denver rush hour traffic. I was frustrated for about five minutes. Then I realized that I had a choice to make. I could be that driver that gets mad, honks the horn and yells at all the other cars. Or I could be that driver that just sits in traffic, listening to the radio and deal with it. Giving into my frustration is easy. Not getting frustrated and upset takes work.
Life is full of choices. Simple choices about what to have for breakfast or what drink to order at the Starbucks around the corner. We can choose to be good at our jobs, or complain about how much we don't like or work. It is up to the individual to make the best of a bad situation or just dwell on how bad the situation is. It is a choice.
Every day we wake up and have a choice to make. We can choose to have a good day or we can choose to have a terrible day. We can choose to treat people with respect or we can choose to do the opposite. We have a choice in the way that we react to situations and to people. We choose how to spend our time. It takes a conscious effort to see the beauty and hope in this world instead of focusing on the negative.
It is easy to see the negative, but it takes work to find the beauty and hope. It is easy to be negative, but it takes work to have a positive attitude. To love unconditionally is hard, to hate is easy. To intentionally live as Christ did takes work, to live as part of this world is easy. To be on fire for Christ takes effort and work, to be luke warm is easy.
Make a choice.
Be that person that doesn't take the easy road.
Do work.
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