Choices

Life is a journey defined by choices.

Of course there are things that I did not choose, or could not choose, but if I am honest a huge majority of things are choices.

I may make the wrong choice out of ignorance or from lack of experience, but then I have the choice of changing whatever I can to either remedy that, or move on. It is my life and my choice.

If I choose to do something then I am also choosing to accept the consequences of that choice. If I think I don't have time to brush my teeth for two minutes twice a day, then I may be choosing to have yellow teeth, or bad breath, or maybe even no teeth! Looking back I might see that I could have spared those extra minutes a hundred different ways, but at the time it didn't seem important.

The choices I make for me are okay. I am an intelligent adult, but children should not have that option. They have neither the knowledge, nor the experience to make most life decisions. Of course they can be taught how to make good decisions. "Do you want to brush your teeth now, or in ten minutes?" Or, "Which book do you want to read first?" It is the caregiver's obligation to make sure the child's choices are good ones.

I don't like all the choices I have made so far, but I AM aware that they were mine to make, so now I'm trying to make the best of them and the rest of my life.