There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.

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"Embrace the glorious mess that you are."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

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"To be fully seen by somebody then and be loved anyhow — this is a human offering that can border on miraculous."

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"People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you’re fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

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"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

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"I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me."

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"Because God has given you your agency, you can choose many directions to go and still lead a fulfilling life. Mortality is an open-ended, choose-your-own-adventure story. You have commandments, you have covenants, you have inspired prophetic counsel, and you have the gift of the Holy Ghost. That is more than enough to lead you to mortal happiness and eternal joy."

- Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Choice

"More is lost by indecision than wrong decision."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Choice

"If you begin to regret, you’ll dull your future decisions and let others make your choices for you. All that’s left for you then is to die. Nobody can foretell the outcome. Each decision you make holds meaning only by affecting your next decision."

- Erwin Smith

Choice

"It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

- J.K. Rowling

Choice

"Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway."

- Robert Downey Jr.

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