The Choices of a Day Shape a Life
The choices of a single day eventually become the direction of a life. With what mind we begin the morning, what thoughts we hold, what words we speak, and what actions we choose: these small choices gather to make today, and today, gathered over time, eventually becomes one person's life.
That is why we cannot pass through a day lightly. Rather than complaint and dissatisfaction, we should bring forth a mind of gratitude; rather than postponing, we should put what is right into practice; rather than living with a scattered mind, we should live the day with a quiet mind.
A practitioner settles the mind, even for a moment, and looks back into oneself in order to make right choices. From a quiet mind comes right judgment, and when right judgment accumulates, a right life is formed.
Just as one bowl receives a different name depending on what it contains, the color of our life changes depending on what our mind contains. If it contains gratitude, it becomes a life of gratitude. If it contains resentment, it becomes a life of resentment.
Today, may we hold a good mind and build a day of right choices.
A day is made of small choices, and those days eventually become a life. Therefore, the mind we hold today and the choices we make are very important. May we choose gratitude over complaint, practice over postponement, and live the day with a quiet mind.
