Life’s Full of Choices

Life is crammed with choices. What to wear? Where to go? What to do? Who to see? Take this morning for example: I had the choice, small it may be, of whether to get up early and meet a friend, or take a lie in. Now this may only be a small, seemingly insignificant choice in a life filled with complex dilemmas, but I had to reflect upon how much impact such a small choice has.

If I had got up early and gone out, anything could have happened. I could have met someone new; someone I could have spent the rest of my life with; someone I could have become best of friends with. I could have learned something new or seen something new, which could have then led me down other roads, each with their own set of choices. When you think of it like that, you start to realise how important the small things are in life; how much impact they have; how much they can change your whole life.

Now I find this slightly overwhelming, because when you think about it, if such a small choice can affect so much, what can a huge choice do?

One belief I’ve often found comfort in is that, “we are all on the path to our ultimate goal, and that we will eventually get there.” The thing is, if these little choices affect so much, and the bigger choices so much more, how can we ever know our path? Are we ever really on the path?

Maybe we’re making our path as we go along. Who knows where it will lead or how we’ll get there, but the one thing we should remember is this: wherever we’re going, and whatever our choices may be, we all end up in the same place in the end so enjoy your life while you can.