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October 7, 2007
A Matter of Choice
Every moment of every day we are all given choices to make. Not just the big ones, like what we need to do for the next ten years of our life, but all the way down to what color footwear should be worn with the outfit we are wearing. Even perhaps smallish choices like which route to take to work this morning, seeing as how the regular road is stuck in a traffic jam.
But, even seemingly insignificant choices such as these could have life altering impacts to us, and to those around us. Remember that old story about the flapping of the wings of the butterfly causing a hurricane half way around the world because of the turbulence it causes with its flapping?
Well, one could take the types of choices and decisions discussed in this article as being akin to that story. Or they may not.
But, either way, we are all faced with many many decisions that we can make and choices to choose between that can have life altering impacts, overall.
Think about that alternative route to work that must now be chosen because of that traffic jam. That new way to work might cause us to be involved in a traffic jam, whereas before that wouldn't have been the case with the same 'ol, same 'ol, way to work.
We've all heard about that unfortunate airline passenger who arranged last minute to take that standby seat on that fateful flight that ended abruptly when the pilot ditched the plane in the ocean and all aboard perished.
That's the type of stuff that seems to be out of our control.
And perhaps it is. We all will meet our Maker someday. No exceptions.
But it's the choices that we make in the mean time that dictate just how that meeting with the Maker is going to go. And that is what most people sometimes lose sleep over at night thinking about and worrying over.
Just what is going to become of each of us as we are beseeched to meet the omniscient presence on the Other Side of Life.
We may be held up against the choices we made on This Side. Personally, I highly suspect this to be the case.
What type of choices have you made that you are proud of? What one's aren't you so happy to share with others? What one's keep you awake at night? What one's don't?
What one's do you say aren't impacting and that other person deserved what he or she got, in the end? What one's didn't turn out the way you have planned them to or wanted them to and now you live in regret over that choice made perhaps oh-so-long-ago?
We all know that we have each made choices that have negatively impacted other people. Perhaps people especially close and-or meaningful in our life.
Family.
Friends.
Loved ones
No longer loved ones.
What did we do to them that we regret now? What types of choices did we make to hurt them or cause them harm, perhaps intentionally?
What is it that we tell ourselves that the other deserved so that is why we made the choices and the decisions that we did regarding that situation?
What is it that we will go to the Maker spouting that that was what was deserved by that other person? And using excuses like, 'they hurt me first, so I struck back'.
Yeah, that'll convince.
How many situations like that are we justifying in our own minds, if not anywhere else?
How many choices have we made out of spite and intentional disregard for the consequences of our actions? Choices that had no way to become anything positive and ultimately solely served to purposefully and maliciously harm another, or perhaps several others.
These types of choices are made out of harm and malice and aren't something easy to recover from by stating that WE had no choice.
Truth knows the Truth about these choices.
Also, there's no hiding these facts to the face in the mirror that we see every morning regarding the choices we've made.
When we've made choices that were meant to harm someone close to us, or in our lives, intentionally, I believe that the harmer, the no-do-gooder, will ultimately be facing the consequences of those choices and decisions at some point in the future.
Truly, what goes around comes around. It doesn't have to take long either. Or wait until the Other Side. It could happen tomorrow.
The Universe is always seeking to balance itself out. That's a known Law. It doesn't matter how we know or don't know how it is trying to do this.
The actuality of the situation is the simple fact that it will. Period.
When choices are made that are intentionally hurtful to others and limiting to their development on this physical plane, the choices that were made regarding the limiting of another will ultimately be returned to the one instituting the limiting by the choice made. Again, period.
Life is pretty unforgiving in that regard.
It will make each of us pay for our actions.
It will make each of us aware that there are serious, sometimes gravely serious, consequences for the choices we've made. Especially the ones that involved making a choice to intentionally hurt another's life or well-being.
Especially when there were other choices available where that didn't have to be the intent, or the actual outcome.
That's when things get kind of nasty and set in stone that eventually the price will be paid by that person who is believing that 'they had no choice'. Yeah, right.
In no uncertain terms, this choice made will be returned in kind.
So, think about this.
If you agree, good for you.
If you don't, then continue to go on making the choices that you make. Hurting others.
Ignoring other's wants.
Destroying other's livelihoods.
Harming the hearts of those who are innocent.
It may not matter to you that these actions are truly unforgivable. Why? Because you think that you aren't doing anything that needs forgiving.
But, that's okay. Life has a funny way of making things right, in the end.
Wait and see.
We're all waiting, after all. Right?
Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
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