May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. ~Mandela.

Incarcerated for 27 years, Mandela was 77 when released. What if, instead of staying to fight for equality, he had said, “Good luck, folks. This anti-Apartheid thing is a losing battle. I’m out. Some friends are waiting for me with a cold beer in the south of France” ...?! .

What motivates people to choose hope over fear? Viktor Frankl, holocaust survivor and psychologist, defined it as an “openness to surprise.”.

Reality: Choices made to avoid or control for fear also shut the doors to surprises.

pLoThoughts on... Mental imprisonment or personal freedom? I choose hope. And you?.