I can choose which it shall be…
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
A quote from the book The Essential Groucho: Writings by, for, and about Groucho Marx
I think about this on days (or during moments) where level heads aren’t prevailing and control seems to be a thing of the past. “I, not events,” is the key here. Always keeping in mind that I do “have the power”.
Just in case this is somehow your first impression of Groucho Marx and you think he is the master of mindfulness and has cracked the code to the meaning of life—I give you a handful of some of my other favorite Groucho-isms…
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I’ll never know.”
