Deciding, making a deliberate choice, to have a wonderful life is certainly an integral part of becoming a more fulfilled person. And it is in the seemingly smallest of ways that this decision begins to influence and change what we become, how we relate to others and determines so much of the attitude we display from day to day. This decision sets into motion the potential for greater fulfillment from within our often very ordinary lives.

A simple choice to forgive others of their wrongs (or perceived wrongs) toward us, choosing to have an openness to new ideas, new things, and having a willingness to go to places previously avoided to assume new and fresh challenges, are the “simple” things such a decision might involve.

A wonderful life is not the result of possessing great wealth (a cursory glimpse at the miserable lives of so many wealthy movie stars will attest to that) or the result of success in marriage, parenting, sports or a career.

A wonderful life encompasses the capacity to see the divine in the ordinary, to see the extraordinary within the daily grind and a repeated recognition of God’s grandeur at every turn.