Get Excited or get Upset

Get Excited or get Upset: The most important of all of our human traits is the power we have to choose. To choose how we live. To choose what we will do. To choose how we will view and consider a circumstance.  I was once up there in the mountains on a quick trekking trip with my kids. Day before, it rained and continued through the next day. We could have grumbled because our plan was gone for a toss. We could have complained. We could have got frustrated. Instead, we stepped back, decided to make a better choice and then viewed the whole  thing as a giant adventure. We got excited versus upset. We donned  the plastic covers that the resort provided. Suited up. And danced in the rain like there was no tomorrow. Guess What? The trekking trip actually became amazing. Nice weather. Feeling the rain water falling on you is a great fun. And you know what? It was totally unplanned. It was hard to for me to wipe the smile off my face. Each day we have the opportunity to make choices. And the way we choose shapes our  destiny. Get excited. As author Paul Theroux  once observed, “Only a fool blames his bad vacation on the rain.” It is rightly said: whenever there is a storm...don't get upset...rather learn to dance in the rain.