WHICH WAY WILL YOU CHOOSE?
- Alper Apaydın
- Mar 2
- 2 min read
As the new year approaches, once again, I choose to be hopeful—without hesitation, without giving up.
Every thought, every decision, and every perspective I have carried from the past until now has shaped my present and will continue shaping my future.
So, what is it that you keep repeating to yourself every day?
Is life always hard? Can people not be trusted? Do bad things always find you?
Or do you believe that life has its own rhythm, its own dynamics, and that if you understand and align with them, you can handle anything?
Instead of waiting to receive love, I choose to give it first. Instead of waiting for trust, I choose to be trustworthy—to honor the promises I make to myself and others, without excuses. Instead of expecting generosity, I choose to be generous with my love and attention.
What you choose and repeat today shapes your future.
I, too, once wished: Let them love me first. Let them prove they care. Why should I forgive? Why should I trust?But life doesn’t work that way.
Eventually, I started looking inward. I started to understand myself.
I realized that I was the author of my dramatic stories.
And I made a choice—to stop choosing drama.
And something incredible happened. Life started changing.
Some people around me laughed at this shift. Others said they admired it.
Maybe what matters is not what I create but how I create.
Maybe the real beauty is in that.
For anyone who is ready, I highly recommend it.
This year has been intense, full of lessons.
Now, it's time to pause, reset, and enter the new year renewed.

