Affected or Effective?

We have all noticed how our circumstances affect our mood. We know that on bright, sun-shinny days we tend to beat more upbeat...eager to conquer the world. However, take that same day and make it cloudy and the eagerness turns to laziness.

Our environment tends to affect us. It affects our thinking patterns, our energy level, our desire to accomplish. We do not mean it to be that way, but it usually just happens. We take great effort to overcome those feelings; we press through trying to accomplish what needs to be done.

I am proposing we do something different. Instead of being affected by what happens around us, let's be effective. I do not want to be impacted by my environment. I want to impact my environment. That is what we have been called to do. That is the purpose for which we were created. Not to be tossed about by the wind, but to sail with a purpose.

Today, choose to be effective. Choose to make a difference in your workplace, in your school, in your home. Choose to pressure your peers instead of being pressured by your peers.

Choose to live your life with purpose.