Johnny Tan

With Valentine’s Day coming up this weekend, I reminded of an article my Italian foster mom Carol, shared with me a few years back. I really don’t know who wrote it but the meaning reaches deep into the very essence of what it is really all about to make the right choice in our personal lives.

I would like to share this wonderful article, titled “Is it a Choice or a Chance?” with you and hope that you will get out of it as much as I did when I first read it several years ago.

Is it a Choice or a Chance? – author unknown

When you meet the right person to love, you are at the right place at the
right time.
That is a chance.

When you meet someone you are attracted to, that is not a choice.
That is a chance.

Being caught up in the moment (and there are many couples who
get together like this) is not a choice.
That is also a chance.

The difference is what happens afterward.
When will you take that infatuation, that crushes, that mind-blowing
attraction, to the next level?

This is when sanity kicks in; you sit down and contemplate on
whether you want to make this into a concrete relationship or just a fling.

If you decide to love a person, even with his/her faults, that is not a chance.
That is a choice.

When you choose to be with a person, no matter what, that is a choice.

Although you know there are many people out there who are more attractive, 
smarter, and richer than your mate is, and yet you decide to love your mate just the same, that is a choice.

Infatuations, crushes, and attractions come to us by chance.
However, true love that lasts is truly a choice, a choice that we make.

Regarding soul mates, there is a beautiful movie quote, which I believe is so
true: “Fate brings you together, but it’s still up to you to make it happen.”

I believe soul mates do exist, that there is truly someone created for everyone.
However, it is still up to us to make the choice if we are going to do something
about it or not.

We may meet our soul mate by chance, but loving and staying with our
soul mate is still a choice we have to make.

Our challenge in this world is not finding someone perfect to love, 
but rather to learn how to love an imperfect person perfectly!

…have Hope, have Faith, and most importantly – have the greatest of all – have Love.

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