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The choices we make can determine how to love life. There was a point in life that I found it very difficult to love life. I had it all, the company car, paid for cell phone calls, medical aid, my life seemed sorted.

However all the 'things' I had in life seemed to drain the joy out of me. I was miserable in my job. I worked for long hours, clients drove me insane and I really missed my family. I had no time to do 'house work', this was my weekend job. Fun had disappeared and all I did was cry.

I had to make a scary decision to either quit my job and sacrifice the 'things' or carry on with the complicated life that I was living. Most people suggested that I don't quit my job, they suggested that it would be insane. I would have no car and I would lose a lot of the 'financial benefits'.

There were a few dear people in my life that encouraged me to love life instead. They would lift me up in life and knew that the 'material things' would drain me more, it was not worth my love of life. The love of life is priceless and nothing should ever get in the way of you loving life.

I quit my job. I was a stay at home mom, now I am a work from home mom, living my dream as a mother as well as doing what I want to do. I still don't have a car, I have no benefits and we have to sacrifice quite a lot of the pleasures of life but I have my joy back. My family is also a lot happier now that they have a happy wife and mother.

There is also something that I have learned in life and that is to stay away from whatever drains you emotionally. If your friends always seem to suck the life out of you, leave them. Choice is something that is a gift and we need to use that gift. Our choices can make or break us and we need to learn how to make the right choices in life.

I don't regret my choice to quit my job in order to love life. Some people still regard me as selfish to have taken a step so drastic, but loving life is not a selfish choice!

Find the things you enjoy most in life, what did you enjoy doing as a child and allow that inner child to be released. Did you like drawing as a child? Maybe you should consider becoming an artist? Did you love sport? Get back into finding your hobbies and all that brought a smile to your life.

Learn to think positive thoughts. Think about what you are thinking about! Our thoughts also play a large part of how we look at life. Once again it's a choice to think about positive thoughts rather than the negative ones.

Be yourself! Don't let other people dictate who you should be. Be who you want to be, let the mask go and be honest with yourself and others. If you have a dream, follow it and don't let anyone get in the way. You hold the key to your love of life. No one else can love life for you. No one else can make you happy and fulfill the things in life that you desire, it is all in your hands.

Do things that make you laugh and have fun, regardless of what people might think of you. Dance in the rain, go surfing, let yourself go. Worry will not add a single minute to your life and it won't change a thing either. Loving life is a daily choice that should not accept defeat.

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