Doing something is not just a question of “Can I?” But also: “Should I?”
It is not that we don’t have a choice but that we often forget to exercise that choice.
One of our daily choices: Self-indulgence? Or simpy joys? Another choice: To drift through life or navigate our way through it? And another: To lose ourselves in ager and jealousy or find ourselves in patience and gratitude?
Others choose how to act towards us. We, in turn, can choose how to act towards them.
When about to correct others, remind yourself, “That’s their choice.”
Not sharing others’ choices does not mean we are free to scorn them.
We would do well not to judge others for their choices. They may well be doing with their options than we are with ours.
When deciding how to spend time today, we can first consider how we spent it yesterday.
Did I make bad choices or good ones? Were they selfish or unselfish? Were they in line with my beliefs? Did they cause others unhappiness? And ultimately: How can I make better choices today?
Ven. Wuling
Cats who teach me to fly... 
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