This morning I chose to pray.  I prayed for a connection to God and for the power to behave according to his will and law.  I chose to live a life of good relationships and improvements to the lives of others.

At the learning lab I chose to set aside web browsing and do a few math problems.  In between classes I chose to turn away from sexual arousal and turn toward the valuation of life.

In class I chose to subside my elevated defensiveness when I heard my professor mis-characterize the position of pro-life organizations.

At times I had to choose to set aside my fears about the papers, tests, and math problems that I have coming up.  Furthermore I had to turn my attitude toward the idea that they will get done and be adequate even if they are not as elaborate or I am not as prepared as I would like to be.  I must choose not to anxietize myself over what has not yet happened.

When I returned home I chose to face the discussion that my wife and I needed to have about my son missing a ball game to participate in the Music Memory contest.  I had to set aside my ideas about how she would communicate with me.   Furthermore I had to strive to valuate her needs and resist villifying her as a threat to my ideas about my son's needs.

In writing this journal I chose to look at the present first rather than revisiting the past 2 weeks of not reviewing.  I may yet look back at them but only if today's business is done.

Thanks be to God for the power to choose.