Our choices really depict who we are and what we have become. We make choices every day. The choices we make will have an outcome, whether or not it is a positive or a negative one. We live because of our favorites.
Sometimes the choices we make in our lives can have a consequence of a lifetime. In the book Real Prison Real Freedom, Rosser McDonald, the author of the book, emphasized that EVERY ONE OF US IS ENTITLED TO OUR CHOICES IN LIFE.
In life, we find ourselves stuck in a situation where we have to make decisions ranging from minute problems to important life or death decisions. There are a lot of circumstances in which we can make such decisions we have to think about. Even simple things such as deciding what shoes to wear, what color of the cloth, or even what type of meal to choose to eat for breakfast. These simple decisions can affect the day and are crucial for the satisfaction you can feel at the end of the day. Being able to decide well is an integral part of our being. We are bound to be satisfied every second of our lives, and we have to do everything to fulfill that need.
From simple choices come the more major decisions. The decision to have a relationship with another human being or deciding what to invest in for the betterment of your life and for the family. These choices significantly affect not just your day but your future as well. These types of choices must be pondered very keenly, for it requires a lot of analysis and debate within yourself. The most appealing part of this is not about how you make the decisions but about pinpointing the possible outcome if the choice were made. For example, if you decide to engage in an open relationship, you have to pinpoint the pros and cons of having an open relationship and, by that, decide whether it is applicable to you or it doesn’t meet your own interpretation of having a relationship. Moreover, choices like this can be learned through experience. Most f the bad decisions you have come up terrible, and that’s alright. All you need to do is learn from and proceed with your life, not be chained by remorse and guilt.
Next would be the choices you have no control over. It may seem vague, but it is possible. Instances where you have to decide for the betterment of the situation. For example, there’s this accident that includes you and a person in your family, and only one of you must be saved. So you have to decide which of you will be saved and which one will not. In this kind of decision, life struggles for its existence, and choices in this kind of situation require a great leap of faith.
Remember always that your life is the series of all the choices you have made, and your future decisions will affect your life in the future.
Choices can be decided through belongingness with spirituality.
Choices will always belong to the highest good you can possibly get. There are choices that are crucial, and you can make bad decisions, but it’s okay. You have to remember that the essential requirement of being a good handler of your life is being connected to yourself and to your nature. Reflection plays an integral role in decision-making because it encompasses all the things you have learned from the past that you can possibly use for your future.
We live every day trying to make sense of our lives. Sometimes we are bombarded with problems and demanding situations that leave behind our capacity to reflect and look into our inner being. Being able to know which part of our lives has a problem can be fixed by going back to your source. Being spiritual means, you are interconnected with a sense of things. You have control over your emotions, mind, and decisions. Spirituality is excellent practice for being a human being. It requires meditative deeds and careful handling of choices that will greatly influence you today and in the future. Spiritual choices can be made by giving your decisions to the Lord, who is more powerful and has the power over your life.
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