A Commitment To Life

A Commitment To Life
(Choosing To Love Life In An Often Unlovely World)© Lee Wise All rights reserved

I choose respect over pride-filled disdain,and sincere honor over selfish flattery.
I choose to unearth treasures of goodness instead of crumbling before the weight of widespread evil.
I choose truthfulness over the easiest way out, and faithfulness over convenience without commitment.
I choose to value the beauty within by not reducing a person's worth to the size of a waistline, amount of networth, or ability to help me achieve my self-centered pursuits.
I choose the joy of making a small difference with someone as opposed to making no difference with anyone.
I choose to hear the laughter of a child as over and against the drones of an adult whose maturity is defined more by his accomplishments than his awareness of life itself.
I choose to spend more time dreaming about my possibilities, refocusing my energies, and realigning my values than I do rehearsing my failures.
I choose to carefully listen as opposed to caring less and revealing it more.
I choose to flourish in the freedom of forgiveness as opposed to remain enslaved by the tyrant of never ending bitterness.
I choose to escort laughter into my world instead of wistfully longing for its arrival at the assault of each untried day.
I choose to exchange blame for responsibility, cruelty for compassion, and the mindset of rigidity for the heartbeat of a caring, understanding individual.
I choose to value the complexity of loving in the messiness of real life instead of relinquishing that privilege on the altar of misguided self preservation.
I choose action as opposed to resignation and involvement instead of isolation.
I choose to cherish relationships more than the counterfeit value of acquiring currency without concern and dollars without devotion.
I choose to love the God I know and serve the God I love.
I choose life.
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