Have you ever noticed that some people do not know, or do not care, that personal choices, once put in motion by some action, reverberate far beyond the intended point of impact, like the ripples that result when a stone is tossed into the water? Is it possible that they do not realize that, since our lives are not our own, it is impossible for us to completely control them?
You and I are not in charge of our lives. We aim them in a general direction, good or bad, but the daily events that define us are beyond our control. Our choices and decisions set systems and cycles into motion. Those actions ignite a series of repeating events, like one domino falling onto another, the results of which impact us and cause us to make yet another choice, which sets yet another cycle spinning.
Life involves a lot of reacting to events that we did not plan. Some of those events we did not create, but some were designed by choices we made earlier.
Making decisions is like planting seeds. You are in complete control until you scatter the seed, but once the seed is spread, you relinquish all control. God's laws then take over and you must deal with the crop your choices produce.
What harvest are you about to reap?
©2006 Doug Ellingsworth
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