Quote Of The Week

As human beings, we all have something in common. Each of our days is composed of micro-decisions; small, second-to-second decisions on how we react to our outer reality. When you add up these decisions and take their average, you get your reputation.

Our lives and reputations start and come down to a sum of our second-to-second reactions to these outer circumstances. The beauty of free will, if you believe in free will, is that we can choose how we react to these outer circumstances, and we do, every single second of our day.

We also make some positive choices. You make the choice to pick up that piece of trash. You make the choice to call a friend and listen. You make the choice to be nice to someone. You make the choice to forgive. You make the choice to repent.

The problem as I see it, is that all too often we only like to take responsibility for the positive choices we make and their consequences; but we like to ignore the millions of negative decisions we make every day.

Each one of our decisions and choices we make in reaction to our outer reality has EITHER a positive or negative consequence, and that consequence is far-reaching. The chain reaction of a decision you made will be floating around this earth long after you are gone.

We have to take responsibility for both our positive choices and our negative choices. And better yet, we have to take responsibility for their far-reaching consequences. This all starts with our inner thoughts.

One way to become aware of the decisions we make is to take notes on every small decision you make in one day when reacting to life.

Are the majority of those choices positive or negative?

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