Remembering

The more we choose to judge an individual or situation, the more that individual or situation will consume us. The more we judge a brother, sister, or situation, the less joy we will experience in our life. Judgment consumes joy, and joy dissolves judgment, in the moment we can have one or the other but not both. Each day is made up of only so many moments. In every one of these moments we have a choice, to support either thoughts of judgment or of joy. The one we value most in any situation is the one we will end up supporting. And so it is us who will make the final choice on what kind of day, and thus, what kind of life we will end up having. Today, recall the gift of free will that you have been given, and when the ego once again cries out for judgment, instead choose to make the conscious choice for joy.

James Blanchard Cisneros
Author of You Have Chosen to Remember