Choices

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm, you plans to give you hope and a future" Jeremiah 29:11

Every decision we make in life leads to more choices and more decisions. Are these choices pre- determined from the minute we are born, or is it these choices that open new doors and lead us down new roads? Little do we know, the choices we make have more of an impact than we think. Those choices may affect others positively or negatively. I believe in the saying that everything happens for a reason, however I do not believe in destiny. I believe that any decision we make in life comes with at least two choices, if not more. If we choose choice A, then immediately a new path is carved for us. The same goes for path B. God has a plan for us, however sometimes we take a wrong turn on that path and do not end up where we wish to be. That is still a part of God's plan. That wrong turn can teach a lesson or make us stronger for the next set of choices we are to make. Nicolas Sparks did it again with the movie, The Choice. Of course like all of his work, it was a love story full of choices. All of the choices made in that movie affected someone else in the long run. So much of the time, we make split impulse decisions. We forget to consider what is coming next. But, God knows.

Right now, I feel like I'm stuck in a rut. I feel stuck in the routine of things. I think this is inevitable at this time of year. There isn't many holidays or special events to look forward to. But why don't we look forward to just the simplicity and opportunity of tomorrow? Every choice we are making throughout the day and throughout our routine is getting us to tomorrow. So much of life is a routine. We wake up at the crack of dawn to the same sounding alarm, start getting ready in the same order, eat the same thing for breakfast, head off to the same route to work or school, count down the hours from 9-5 till we can head on the same route home, with the same traffic. To eat the same dinner, take a shower, get in bed and do it all over again in the morning. Its the American dream. But, its not. We are not robots, we are not monkeys. We are not put on this earth to complete the same boring, old routine every day. Day in and day out. We make a conscious choice every single day to make it a good day. You can determine how your day will go the second you wake up just by the attitude you present. Why wouldn't you make the choice to make it a good day? Because that choice leads to the decisions for the rest of the day. The choices we make lay the seed for what's to come. That routine is not something that has to happen. Get out and make it a different day. Even eating a different breakfast or taking a different road to work can make all the difference. You have the choice and that's the most powerful thing a human can hold.