In last month’s blog, I explored the topic of Choices and Consequences. I opened with saying that it wasn’t a particularly popular topic.
I was right.
Usually, I get comments or questions following publishing a blog or its sister video. People have an opinion or they want to explore that thinking a bit more. But when it comes to owning the outcomes of the choices we make…. Crickets.
It never ceases to amaze me just how much we, as human beings, want to avoid accountability. And when it comes to choices and consequences, it’s no different. We want to avoid the accountability of the decisions and choices we, ourselves, make.
And so, of course I have to follow up with a second blog on the same topic, although I’m pretty sure I’m going to get another round of silence. Who knows… albeit an unpopular topic, perhaps someone really needs to hear this message today. Or perhaps this message is a small seed that gets planted now and it will cause someone to make a different decision at some point in the future.
Look – I get it. I am human, too. I like to think that eating that pizza won’t show up around my waist. But of course, it does. So, what do I do? I blame the dry cleaner for shrinking my clothes even though I know that I know that bad eating choices are going to affect me. As are good eating choices. And that’s the point. Whatever the choice or decision I make at any one moment in time will have an impact. There is a consequence to it.
So, I have a question for you: Is there any area of your life where you aren’t happy with the results your getting? Perhaps you’re in a relationship you aren’t happy with. Or a job. Or a location. Or perhaps your health isn’t as good as it could be. Or your finances. Basically – any area of life where you aren’t happy with what you are experiencing.
Then take a look at your part in it. What are you doing or not doing to contribute to that result? Next, consider the possibility that there might be another choice you can make.
There’s no getting away from it. Every choice has a consequence. Either accept the consequences as they are, or start making different choices.
Even that choice is yours. And it will have a consequence.
