Most of us will be familiar with the opening speech from the movie, Trainspotting. This is a cute take on Ewan McGregor's rant and rave at society and heroin use...

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players & electrical tin openers… choose DIY & wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning.

Choose sitting on that couch watching mind numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life… But why would I want to do a thing like that?

Yes CHOICE is what it’s all about. You ask why choose life? I ask why not? What’s the alternative? For me it’s like this...

I Choose life, I Choose to volunteer, I Choose a family; I do not choose a career. I Choose a car, I Choose a washing machine I do not Choose a fucking big television (but have one anyway).

I’ve often Chosen DIY and wondered who the fuck I was on a Sunday morning. So I Chose to go to church instead.

I sometimes Choose to sit on the couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows stuffing my face with junk food. Then I Choose to get up and take the dog for a walk as it makes me feel so much better.

I do not Choose to rot away at the end by pissing my last days away in a miserable home. I choose not to care if I’m an embarrassment, especially to my brats if they’re selfish.

If my brats are fucked up I Choose to find out why? And I Choose to be proud that they are the ones replacing me.

I Choose to take on life’s challenges and reap the rewards. I Choose to laugh often and for no reason.

I Choose to see my glass as half full rather than half empty.
I’m happy with my choices, I hope you’ll be happy with yours.

SEE YA- F.

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