Every day we make hundreds of decisions. Some, like the decision to wear the red shirt or the blue dress, are small and inconsequential. Others, are much larger. Our entire lives are made up of a series of small decisions. These small, unimportant choices all weave together and connect, forming a pattern that ultimately leads to something bigger, something more important.
I often find myself reflecting on the smaller decisions that led me to the point that I am at today. I like to try to trace my path, see what turns I made, what conscious thoughts it took me to get to the here and now. Sometimes I can look back and see the dots lining up with ease, other times it’s not so easy.
I don’t think I even realized that I was making the decision, but over the course of the last several months, I have made the choice to better myself. I wanted to become a better person both inside and out. This was a multi-part process for me. It involved a series of hundreds of small decisions and it wasn’t until today that I even realized what direction those decisions were taking me.
I have been on a path to better my life for quite some time now. I’ve always been an ambitious person, I’ve always striven to be the best Michelle that I can, but I don’t think I ever knew quite how good I could be. Sometime back, I wish I could say when, something must have switched for me. Something changed. I’ve been working on being a better friend, a better employee, a better person. I’ve been working on treating myself better and making sure that I have time for me and that I am doing everything I can to be the best person I can be, I am doing everything in my power to be happy, fulfilled and confident.
I can honestly say as I sit here today, that while I still make mistakes, while I have hurt people that I did not intend to hurt, while I am still not perfect – I am a much better, stronger, more confident person then I have ever been. I am on a path for the better and I cannot wait to see where it takes me.
While this post might not make sense to the outside world, while it might not tell you more about Google, social media, public relations or the Atlanta hot spots. I hope it inspires just one of you to make a small decision to change something you don’t like. While the decision to lose fourty pounds might seem like too much, the decision to not order fries at dinner is a much more manageable choice. While letting go of anger and resentment towards people who have hurt you might seem overwhelming, the choice to be receptive to their efforts to reach out and communicate might be a smaller pill to swallow. Remember that no matter how big the ultimate goal is, you can do it if you just think of it as a series of small steps. Each moment is a decision, it’s a chance to change, to grow.
And who knows? The decision that might have seemed the smallest, could be the one that ends up transforming your life.
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