am here to tell you today that you do have a choice.
Right, folks?” she said rallying the passengers on the bus.
“You don’t have to sit passively by like so many other un-
happy souls who let life create them. You can take the
wheel and choose to create your life, one thought, one
belief, one action, one choice at a time. It’s your bus and
you’re the driver and you choose where you are going
and the kind of ride it’s going to be. Don’t you agree,
Sugar?” she asked.
“I don’t know,” George answered. “To me it feels like
over time everyone in your life including life itself makes
more and more decisions for you and before you know
it, it’s not even your life anymore. The government tells
me what taxes I have to pay. My bosses tell me what to
do at work. My wife orders me around at home. I feel im-
prisoned by my paycheck and responsibilities. So to an-
swer your question, no, I really don’t feel like I have a
choice. The real truth is that instead of living, I feel like
I’m dying every day. Maybe I’ll be one of those 9 A.M.
Monday morning people,” George said.
“There’s no maybe about it,” Joy countered. “If you
continue down this poor me road you are well on your
way to being a Monday 9 A.M. fatality. So what you got to
do now, George, is take the wheel and change direction.
You may not have felt like you had a choice in the past,
but starting now you will realize it’s your greatest gift.
And once you reclaim your power, everything and I
mean everything will begin to change. No one can
choose your attitude but you, George. No one else can
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