Choice is a gift - my thinking behind it

In my early years you could often find me bellied up on cheap cider and discount beer; if you looked close enough you could see that I was more stoned than a cliff face on Mt Everest.

Yet these weren't my only addictions. Throughout School they had installed a belief in an all loving entity in heaven watching over us,

When I began to make a movement towards my own peace I began to shed these addictions and finally realise how bad they actually were for me.

So through my healing process I became very angry, it's a natural state of bereavement.

And I'd take to internet forums and argue with people relentlessly on how bad the idea of God was,

And don't smoke dope because it kills any intelligence.

Christ, I didn't stop there, I was preaching the the people that loved alcohol, telling them that they were on the same road that my Dad was,

They were all going to die,

Every last one of them.

Because it didn't work for me, of course it wouldn't work for them, they were stupid and needed to be brought to the light.

It wasn't until I took to a forum that I was completely and wholly out of my depth intellectually and emotionally that I was put in my place.

They actually made me feel rather stupid

And quite ignorant,

But they were right in a sense. I was forcing everything that worked for me on my little rose tinted view of life onto every body else,

I didn't stop for a moment to think how they would feel. Not one bit,

It came from a good place though, because I was happy, so should they. I think most people that say hurtful things and don't realise it, it always comes from a good place,

So I did a bit of research,

Turns out Cannabis actually helps thousands of people daily, and the reason we think it's bad is because we are told it is so, with no evidence. Just that it's illegal and bad.

And what happened to me with Cannabis doesn't necessarily happen with others. You see, it didn't mix well with my anxiety. But not everyone suffers from anxiety.

And then there's God. Turns out we have quite a few religious friends that want the same as us. A happy life, and are really intelligent and nice. There are so many levels and depths to people it's so sad to discount them on one difference, right?

Then there's alcohol. I still feel the same, but I've totally got with the program when it comes to live and let live.

Who am I to judge, right? A once raving alcoholic and drug user judges others!

Poor show.

So I've learned to live, and let live. As long as whatever happens isn't affecting me in a negative way then that's fine.

People are allowed to live their life however they please, and that is their choice.

The less I worry about what other people are doing and concentrate more and what I'm doing is a beautiful choice in my opinion.

Attribution: By W.carter (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

When I stopped worrying too much about what other people were doing and what they thought it was like a world weight had lifted off my shoulders.

So?

What are you going to do for yourself today?

Hope it's something nice! I mean, we only have a little time on this earth,

Live it!

And be awesome, friends :)