We are all tempted to do things that we shouldn't. It is not easy to make those good choices because they can be hard and it can be a lot of work.
I am reminded of a poem by Robert Frost: The road not taken.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Just because one path is well worn, does not mean that it is a good choice. It might be easier to take and we might meet others there as well. It is that other path, the one that is harder and less-travelled that is the good choice. It is hard work to take it and it might be a bit more lonely, but we are better for it.
The affirmation for today is: I can make good choices. I have linked a page for you to fill out. Draw or write out good decisions; make your own path to take.
Peace and love,
Michelle