To go against the dominant thinking of your friends,
of most of the people you see every day,
is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
- Theodore H. White
To live is to choose. But to choose well,
you must know who you are and what you stand for,
where you want to go and why you want to get there.
- Kofi Annan
Life is a sum of all your choices.
- Albert Camus
The opposite of courage in our society
is not cowardice, it is conformity.
- Rollo May
Today's affirmation
I CHOOSE with Open Mind and Open Heart.
I renounce all assumptions and expectations.
I thoughtfully consider all possibilities.
I CHOOSE with courage, awareness, consciousness, and compassion toward all.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: The Trouble with Conformity
Embrace Change
Doing What You Know Is Right
Making a Decision
Try Being Outrageous
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