Choices, Choices, Choices

I have been pondering the idea of choices. It's cliché, but our lives are indeed a never-ceasing network of choices from one minute to the next. Each split-second decision determines a new direction, and influences the next set of choices.

Most of our daily choices are small, and seemingly insignificant: which shirt to wear, toast or cereal, do the dishes, or vacuum the house - and on and on throughout the day. I see these choices as the small bits and pieces of tile and glass that fill in all the spaces of our life's mosaic. Yes, they are just small bits, but they're necessary to complete our picture. And each small choice affects what happens next. We make many of these small decisions with little to no effort, sometimes even unconsciously, I dare say.

Of course, there are the bigger choices, the major pieces of tile in our mosaic - the "important" life-changing decisions we wrestle with from time to time, or maybe even daily. Some of us seem to have the ability to make "good" choices - choices that lead to happy, desirable outcomes for all involved. Some of us appear to have bad luck or bad karma, with unhappy, or complicated outcomes to their decisions. I think most of us fall somewhere in between, hitting a few home runs, then striking out on occasion. How we each arrive at the choices we do is an interesting topic but far beyond the scope of a blip blog! Age and maturity must certainly play a big role as I've looked back on some of my youthful choices and decisions and wonder what on earth was I ever thinking back then!

In these last 4-5 years, I've spent a good deal of time reflecting on where I've been, and where I'm going; reviewing my own choices, both good and bad, hoping to learn something more about myself. So, what did I learn, you're asking? I've learned that despite some regrettable choices in the past, I've managed to land on my feet. I wish I had made some different choices that would have taken me down different roads, but nevertheless, I'm happy to be where I am, and mostly, I'm happy with who I am.