The choice to live

Is the power to choose absolute? ? More often than not, the statements we hear from people is not “I have a choice” but “I don’t have a choice” instead. For people born with physical and mental inabilities, the freedom to choose was not handed over them. With those who have inherited family ailment, choice was not with them.
In most cases, what worsens a disabled little girl, a sick young man, and a forgetful old woman, is the fact that they were not given the chance to choose of whether they wanted it or not. Often, this leads to not accepting what was fated and even suicide to the extent.
The gift of health is what we always treasure. Our prayer every birthday is to have good health. We can choose to live a healthy life, or a miserable one. I feel those whom I have mentioned above but still I do not pity them. Why? Because still, they do have a choice – a choice to continue on living despite the circumstance. Unlike those who have not been given the chance to be born.
We may not have always the choice of certain things that come our way, but certainly, we always have the choice to do what is best for us. We have the choice to accept or reject. To build or to create. To progress or to fail. To love or to hate. To cherish life regardless of or to die and suffer in the end.