Many
ask what life is. It is a sum total of the choices we make every day. We are
faced with issues to decide upon on a daily basis. We either make a good choice
or a bad one but one thing is certain, we are the first beneficiaries of the
choices we make.
The
Macmillan English dictionary defines a choice as the opportunity or right to
choose between different things.
Based
on the same we can conclusively say every day is an exam. We either pass or
fail the test of life. The question to ask ourselves therefore is, if we are to
be graded at the end of the day, what grade will we get? It is this question
that forces us to think of what our priorities really are. The same goes for
what we value most.
Not
everything that counts can be counted and not everything that counts can be
counted. Meaning, not everything that looks good is going to be beneficial to
us. We must focus ourselves on what really matters most.
Am
reminded of a poem by Robert Frost - “The Road Not Taken” There is one
particular line where he says, “Two roads diverged in the woods, and I took the
one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” It gets to a time
that we have to make a congruent decision. It might not be pleasing to many but
it has to be taken any way. We must dare ourselves to be different.
Make a choice to rise up and challenge the
norm by not to conforming to the status quo. William Bryan summarizes this by
saying “destiny is not a matter of chance; it’s a matter of choice.”
If
there’s something we should aspire to do, is make the right choices.
It
is a race that we must run. Victory or defeat it’s up to us to decide. We cannot
expect to win if we don’t run. What we are today is a matter of the choice we
made in the past. Therefore it is never too late because we can make good
choices today and influence tomorrow. Remember it’s your journey, people may
walk with you but no one will walk for you.
You will choose to make the right choices, won’t you?
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