Choices. In this life, there are many things I’ve learned but none quite so as important as the power and the multitude of choices to make. Life is the product of many choices, most of them being small. There are choices we make every day that many don’t even think of as choices because they’ve created habits out of them. Something as simple as putting our feet over the side of the bed is a choice. It’s a choice we make almost automatically because we have to get up.
As to the power of choices, we are a product of our choices. Some could say that I’m making the nature versus nurture argument here in a roundabout way, maybe in some small way yes but that’s not my focus here. When I meet people and become friends with them, and learn about who they are, I almost automatically want them to make choices which will render at their feet their dreams. I want them to make choices which will push them to their greatest potential and ultimately towards the plan God has for their lives.
By illustrating the power of all of the small choices in individuals live I hope that it makes them take life a little more seriously, even the smallest of choices. When we realize that our future is the culmination of the choices we have made. Then we can make different choices to arrive at a different future. We must never underestimate the power of choices if we do we will be relying solely on our reflex reactions to situations in our life.
Many times the choices we make are a product of those in our lives who have been placed in similar situations in our life make. Education and those we surround ourselves with are what is critical in making good decisions. Even those that we surround ourselves with are a product of our choices. Up to a point it is about nurture but once we get to a place where we are on our own we can make choices that change the way we were nurtured, People should never think that they are trapped because there are always different choices which can be made to make your life better.
Don’t let poor choices define you. If you make poor choices, learn from them and when faced with a similar situation, make a different and better choice informed by your poor choice. If there is something that you’re faced with, step back, almost out of the situation and think about what you would tell someone else in your current situation. That tactic will help you to view things in a better light and make smarter choices. Always surround yourself with people that will support you but also stand up to you when you’re about to make a poor choice. In short, choices are everything, think twice, and choose once.