Yesterday was my birthday and I got to thinking about life…
It seems to me that everything that happens to you in life can be described as:
1.) A consequence of prior choice.
2.) A result of pure chance.
3.) 1+2.
But the catch 22 is this… Something might happen to you that’s a result of pure chance. But the way you react to it means you may well someday have to deal with the consequence of your prior choice.
So your life experience is really a sum total of your reactions to chance. The family you were born into, your gender, the year you were born, the schools you went through, the people you meet.
It does seem we are in control of the choices we have, and some people can naturally make better choices than others. But the maddening part of it all is that even negative consequences can come form good intentioned choices.
Man, if I were to talk to God face to face today, what could I show for my choices?