CHOICES
Having Been Born Of Much Thought, Suffering And Reflection
One Of My Deepest Beliefs
Is That Some Of The Greatest Influences
On The Life That I Have Lived
And The Life That I Am Living
Are The Unseen And Natural Forces
That Exist Within And Outside Of Myself

Cultural Conditioning And The Environmental Impact Of Events
On The Way I Act Or Think
Are Neither My Prison Nor My Freedom Facility

As Long As I Am Aware Of My Options
From Which I Can Freely Choose
An Attitude That Improves My Prospects
I Will Succeed With Each Task I Undertake

How We See Ourselves
At Any Given Moment In Time
May Color Or Contaminate
The Way We Evaluate
The Superficial Side Of Strangers
And Other People We Try To Appraise

Each Time I Attempt To Objectively Audit
My Own Ideas And Thoughts
For An Intimate Understanding
Of My Own Individual Acts
I Am Never Completely Satisfied
With The Accuracy Of Information
Based Solely On My Own Self-Analysis

Yet, Despite My Imperfections
And The Existence Of Visible And Invisible Influences
That Tend To Limit My Outlook On Life
I Passionately Believe And Intuitively Know
That I Am Endowed With The Necessary Power
To Make A Material And Real Difference
In The Way My Life Develops