Each day we live, we are faced with choices to make and these choices do not only define what becomes of us but they are the true reflections of who we are. For example, when someone does something unpleasant to you, you have a choice to react negatively to the person or to react positively to them. This reaction is oftentimes not as a direct result of what the person did but your own personality, which has affected your sense of choice. This is the reason many people will react differently to the same thing.
Even in your interaction and relationship with others, there are choices to be made too. For example, respect is one of the choices to make. You will agree with me that a point will come to challenge your act of respect but at that point, do not allow the challenge to overcome your personality. Even when someone treats you wrong, there are ways to call them out without sounding disrespectful.
However, for you to make the right choices, your thoughts must be right. You will agree with me that a stream cannot flow out freshwater and salty water at the same time. In the same way, if your heart is not right, your choices will be affected negatively. For example, for you to choose to be happy, you must have a happy soul. If your heart is filled with anger and bitterness, it will be practically impossible for it to flow happiness until you change your thoughts.
Making of choices is inevitable on a daily basis, so it is a certainty. Failing to make good choices is automatically making the wrong choice. Trying to avoiding making a choice is also a subtle way of making a choice without knowing. When you are faced with choices to make, always try to bring the future into perspective. If the result of the choice will be welcomed in the future, then you can go ahead and make it.
Do not think that choices are without effects. As a matter of fact, there is no choice that you make that will not have obvious results or consequences. The choices of today are what will form the results of the future. You only have power over the choices you make, but the resultant consequences are beyond your power. So apply wisdom in your choice. A particular popular quote in this part of the world has it that:
The choice you make is what makes you or breaks you.
Obviously, many people have been made by the choices they took in the time past. On the other hand, there are some people whose lives have suffered great catastrophe simply because of a wrong choice they made in the past. It is worthy to note that most times, the effects of choices are amplified more than the actual choices themselves. This is why you cannot afford to make careless choices because you feel you can.
Always have in mind that just as you are responsible for the actions you take, you are also absolutely responsible for the choices you make. Do not allow what is happening or not happening around you to make you to make the wrong choice. More so, do not allow temporary challenges to force you to make a permanent wrong choice. Be wise.
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