The first time I woke up was when I read the word “Choice.” 

I felt excited, I had been handed this amazing wonder.

I was filled with an energy I didn’t know; but I wanted to.

I came from the world of;

“This is your lot in Life.”

“This is the hand you’ve been dealt”

“You made your bed, now lay in it.”

But this concept of Choice rang true inside of me.

This word was like my prince charming had kissed me and woke me from the spell of misery.

I then stumbled into, “You Create Your Reality.”

Life said I was a Streisand (as in Barbra). I could envision, write, direct and star in my story. I didn’t need to wait for permission, I could simply choose to do this.

We are Creators. We have the power to Create the Reality of our Choice.

Today when I hear, “The world’s gone crazy.”

I see posts on social media where the message is one of slamming an opposing view.

I hear of families and friends dividing because they disagree.

I’m told that being different is not accepted, we have to be the same and do the same or we are a threat.

Someone screams, “Go back to where you came from!”

Power and money are more important than peace and people.

Where confusion and distraction appear to reign.

Fear, afraid of so much. Illness, inflation, war, the climate, each other.

And then I stop.

I ask myself, “What do I want to choose and then create?”

And I know, I don’t want crazy. 

I don’t want the taking of sides.

But, I don’t want having to be the same in order to be together.

I want a reality that when I wake in the morning and I look out my window to the day, I say, “Good morning world.”

And then I sit down and I write of what I am thankful for and then I write prayers for those I know could use some support.

The world that I choose to create allows for choice and different perspectives. 

I live in a world where I can see another’s smile and I do not fear the air that they exhale.

My world will challenge me and ask me to grow.

My world will ask me to think and listen to my heart.

Today, as I backed out of a parking space, where I was well out and on my way, a person in another car appeared and proceeded to try to squeeze behind me.  We both stopped, looked at each other and laughed. They stayed put and I continued. No anger.

This is my world. 

Do you really want crazy?

We have choice.

We are creators.

My world is one of love and joy and laughter. My world allows for ease and embraces peace.

This is the world I will fuel, breathe energy into, affirm.

My world will challenge me.

As I have come here to grow.

Life will not flourish in crazy. Crazy will not save us.

Make a choice and then create a reality you truly want to contribute to and live in.

Then go about your day and hold that vibration.

We have Choice. We are Creators. 

This is who we are. This is our power.

It is not crazy.

Photo by; Sharon Cooke