Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Decisions create reality

Isn't it amazing to think of the different decisions we make every day?  Literally, the average human adult makes roughly 35,000 decisions EVERY DAY! That's a brain cramp in itself! However, while analyzing our daily routines and activities, it's easy to understand how that number adds up.  You are making a decision every word you read on this blog to keep reading because, for some reason, you are interested in what it says, or you're my mother... Decisions create a reality for all of us.

But our generation, it is difficult to make hard decisions and stick to those decisions.

Looking back on life, we can envision moments in our life where we wish we would have made different decisions. Why? "I should have tried out for sports... I wish I would have stuck with piano lessons... Looking back, I should have treated my siblings better..." The list goes on and on. Digesting this a bit, the reason we are not happy with our decisions is because we are not happy with the reality that followed.  The opposite is also true! When we look back on great decisions, the reason we have great experiences like those come from the great reality that came to fruition afterwards.

What kinds of decisions do you make every day? What kind of reality are you wanting? Do your decisions lead you there?

I don't mean to brag, but in the must humble way, I admit that I have made one of the greatest decisions of my life. I just got engaged! But looking at my decision to get married, I am happy with it, but I am more excited for the reality that I hope comes from it!

I hope we begin to analyze more where we are in life and understand how we are where we are based on our decisions and reactions that we have made in the past.  We are where we are because of what we have done.  Let's make better decisions for the future, because quite literally, our reality is at stake!

1 comment:

  1. Wow! I really liked this post. I am probably the most indecisive person that you will ever meet (I can't even decide what to order at a restaurant). Sometimes, I prefer that others tell me what to do, because I am petrified that I will make the wrong choice. So, I agree with you that the reason that we have a hard time making decisions is because we don't want to make a bad one.

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