We Decide

   We Decide       

This says it all...we decide!  This makes me think of my dad...well a lot of things make me think of my dad but this really hit me.  I saw this the other day on Instagram and I almost burst into tears!  I managed to hold it together, after all I was in a large group of people.  I will never think some woman is completely crazy when she's crying in a crowd for no apparent reason!  Sooner or later it will happen to all of us.  I hope I can show grace at that point because Lord knows I haven't in the past.  But back to my story...we decide!

This has made me think and think hard...and as my dad would say, thinking things through is hard!  It is hard to make decisions about everything from little things to big things that will affect your family's future but you have to and it's important to do a good job.  I think that life changes can be hard and hard to work through, at least from my perspective!  But this post made me think about how the amount of work is the same...it does take just as much energy to be down as it does to be up...so why not choose up?  It's hard, really hard but as my dad used to say, "Life ain't easy kid!"

I have cried many a tear wishing my dad was here for my mom, me, my boys, his mom...missing him everyday.  Watching others take their families for granted and wanting to just scream and yell at them to cherish what you've got!  Then it hit me after reading this that I have a choice...and I'm not gonna live miserable. Period. Not going to do that!  I know life will knock you down but it takes just as much energy to lay there miserable as it does to get up and make the most of it!  So here's to KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON!