My answer was shockingly simple. In fact, it was so simple that I wondered if it would be a good enough answer for him.

I told him, “To have more opportunities in your life, you have to choose to have more opportunities.”

It is my belief that for most people, life is about choice. Now, I am not talking about young children in the middle of a war zone or someone who has a catastrophic illness that will end his/her life soon (though even some of these people could learn to choose how they interpreted their respective situations).

Who I am talking about is adults like us, who live in developed countries, who are not dodging bullets or bombs on a daily basis, and who are not struggling to get food in the morning.

For most of us, life could be so much better – if we simply made the choice to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life, rather than go down a path because someone else is doing it, or because we were taught to approach life in a certain way.

And the choice to live a better life is one you’ll have to make before you can actually get started on living a better life.

It all starts with a choice, and then an action. First, you choose to do something, and then you do it.

But when you make a choice to do something, you have to be really careful and make sure you fill your mind, spirit, and environment only with positive things, because too many people out there are negative or toxic, and this in turn negatively affects their quality and enjoyment of life.

Whatever you fill your mind and spirit with, that's what you're going to get in return.

So fill yourself only with goodness, love, and kindness, and then go out and do everything that you want to do in life.

If you think something is difficult, well, it most likely will be! Similarly, if you really believe it's easy, you will find ways to get it done, even if it isn’t that easy!

In today's society, we are always looking for that "magic pill" and don't want to make any effort to build something great. One example is people thinking that work has to always be enjoyable, and in turn seeking the “perfect” job, the one that will finally make them happy or fulfilled in their professional lives – this is a surefire recipe for disaster in terms of happiness and fulfillment.

The truth is that I don’t love every single second of my work, and it certainly has its difficulties, but overall, I really enjoy it. But that's because of the attitude I take toward what I am doing. I choose to accept that work is not going to be enjoyable 100 percent of the time, but that I'm working toward something great, and enjoying the process, even if it isn't perfect.

Even if you don’t love your job, you can still learn to enjoy certain aspects of it. I don’t think there’s any job out there that’s 100 percent bad. Even a garbage man could learn to make his job enjoyable (check out the classic book, “Flow,” to see what I’m talking about here).

Work, however, is only one part of life, and the key here is to choose to improve all facets of our lives. One method I have found for making sure I am on the path toward improving my life is this: before I go to bed every night, I look back at that day and go over what I did, and make sure it was productive and that I did my best to finish everything I needed to.

If you can say that you did your best to accomplish all that you needed to that day, then it was successful.

You have to ask yourself every day whether you are doing the things you really want to be doing, the things that contribute to your goals and your vision. And if you're not doing the things you want to be doing, you have to ask yourself very candidly, "Why not?" And you'd better have an answer for that "Why not" question!

Otherwise, life just slips into a meaningless routine of going to work, coming home, and eating dinner, only to repeat the same thing the next day, without much exuberance or enthusiasm. And then one ends up doing laundry over the weekend and maybe meeting friends for a drink or two and in turn, ends up like the many unfulfilled people who say, "Yes, I guess that's life."

This is the reality for most people on Earth.

But it does not have to be!

Let's not squander the many gifts we have to offer the world, and to ourselves. Let's not let a select few enjoy the fine things that the Earth has to offer. Let's dip into this cornucopia of wonder ourselves!

It's there for the taking...what will you do?

Here it is on...on a golden platter. You just have to take it. It's been given to you as a gift, for FREE.

What will you do? Will you take it?

Or will you continuously make excuses for yourself, and continue the same meaningless drudgery that will certainly doom you to a zombie-like, monotonous, unfulfilled existence?

Why not enjoy what the Earth has to offer; which means all the good, all the fun, all the excitement, all the adventure, and all the pleasure, while traveling the world, dating a beautiful woman (or a handsome man), experiencing new things, pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, and ultimately living life to its fullest and not having regrets.

What's it going to be?

I can hear some people out there saying, “Well, not everyone has a choice all the time. We have to pay bills, pay rent, and sometimes we have to do things we don’t like.”

But this blog entry is not about being reckless or irresponsible and avoiding reality. Indeed, we do have to pay bills and pay rent. And we sometimes have to do things we are not crazy about.

But my point is this: most people don’t come anywhere close to even trying to take their lives into their own hands, and instead get swept away like a log falling into a river.

I’ll tell you about someone who really had very little choice during a certain part of his life: Viktor Frankl, who was one of the more famous Holocaust survivors.

I will admit that Viktor Frankl had no choice when he was sent off to Auschwitz.

But we have a choice. We are not stuck in some concentration camp, although many people live life like they are!

Do I have your participation? Will you join me in the quest to enjoy all the good that the Earth has to offer?

Will you join me in the quest to eliminate excuses and hold ourselves accountable for our actions, and in turn eliminate inaction?

Will you join me in saying YES to the wonderful gifts that are given to us every day?

Will you join me in saying NO to drudgery, inaction, and monotony?

Try it for yourself today. Make a conscious choice to do something you have wanted to do, no matter how small it may seem. And after you have accomplished it, you will begin to know that life is about choice.