Every
morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be
killed. Every morning a lion wakes
up. It knows it must outrun the slowest
gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t
matter whether you’re a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up you’d better
be running.
Choice, probably the most important thing
in my life that I’ve learned to understand.
Choice is something that we all have.
You can choose to tell the truth, exercise, work hard, own your
mistakes, learn, achieve success, and be whatever you want. Sometimes, the tough part with making a
choice is the choice itself; General Norman Schwarzkopf (ret) said it best,
"the truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it." We all
know that to maintain good health we need to have a well balanced diet and to
get regular exercise, but too many of us don’t make that choice. We all know that to get ahead and be
successful at anything that you have to put in a lot of time, hard work and
practice, but again, so many of us choose mediocrity. Imagine what could be achieved if everyone
made a positive choice to make the world a better place… I will never tell anyone what the right or
wrong choice is for them, as long as we all accept the decisions we make
without regret. If you can do that,
we’re all successful. The choices we
make define who we are.
