newschick | I love Dr Phil!

I was watching Oprah the other day (Dr Phil Day!) and was surprised to find myself oddly inspired. I used to hate Dr Phil because he was always yelling at people, now I love Dr Phil because he's always yelling at people. But anyway, this week's show was about finding your true self. He talked a lot about people who aren't happy with their lives but can't seem to change things, and one thing he said really struck me. Don't waste your time doing things that don't make you happy - absolutely everything in life is a choice, you CHOOSE the job you're working at, you CHOOSE your partner, you CHOOSE the way you spend your time. If you don't like those things, all you have to do is make a different choice. It's so simple, yet so many people waste their time and energy being upset or angry or depressed or whatever. Everyone can be happy and love life, all you have to do is want to. Of course I know very well that depression is sometimes not a choice, it's a chemical thing, but there are ways to fix that too. Again, there's a choice involved - there are solutions to absolutely any problem, you just have to want to fix it.
Yay Dr Phil!