Freedom To Choose Quotes

“Our most powerful asset in life is the ability to make choices for ourselves. This freedom to choose, we must conquer fiercely, cherish dearly, and practice cleverly. (“The infinite Wisdom of Meditation“)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Sometimes, we expect life to work a certain way and when it doesn’t we blame others or see it as a sign, rather than face the pain of the choices we should or shouldn’t have made. Real healing won’t begin until we stop saying, “God prevented this or that.” Often in our attempt to protect ourselves from pain, we leave things to fate and don’t take chances. Or, we don’t work hard enough to keep the blessings we are given. Maybe, we didn't recognize a blessing, until it was too late. Often, it is the lies we tell ourselves that keeps us stuck in a delusion of not being responsible for our lives. We leave it all up to God. The truth is we are not leaves blowing toward our destiny without any control. To believe this is to take away our freedom of choice and that of others. The final stage of grief is acceptance. This can’t be reached through always believing God willed the outcomes in our lives, despite our inaction or actions. To think so is to take the easy escape from our accountability. Sometimes, God has nothing to do with it. Sometimes, we just screwed up and guarded our heart from accepting it, by putting our outcome on God as the reason it turned out the way it did. Faith is a beautiful thing, but without work we can give into a mysticism of destiny that really doesn't teach us lessons or consequences for our actions. Life then becomes a distorted delusion of no accountability with God always to blame for battles we walked away from, won or loss.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Detachment is a basic requirement for seeking enlightenment. Anyone or anything we are attached to has power to manipulate us although we all have freedom to choose.”
― Hina Hashmi, Your Life A Practical Guide to Happiness Peace and Fulfilment

“We always have a choice. Only you can decide what you become.”
― Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

“Only you can decide what you become.”
― Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

“We have a choice to live in the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Darkness.”
― Mommy Moo Moo