Life Is About Choices

In my opinion, life is about choices. As long as we live, we always have to make a choice about everything, from simple to difficult matters. Sometimes, we make bad choices, but we can still fix them by making the right choices afterward. Along with the choices, come the consequences.

When I was younger, I used to decide about something, without thinking about the consequences. As a result, when I have to face the consequences that I don't like, I regretted the choices I've made. Of course it was too late, because I couldn't go back to the past and changed my decision.

That's why we should think carefully about the consequences of every option before we finally make a decision about something. We can't get everything that we want, so if you have to make a decision about something, choose an option that has the least bad effect for you.

A friend of mine, a successful, beautiful, and smart woman but still single when she reached 30, was afraid that she would end up lonely in her future. Not to mention that her younger sister had already had a husband-to-be. She got panicky. So, when a man who looked eligible approached her, without thinking long, she accepted him as a husband. She didn't even try to find out about her husband's past, or to get to know him better. She ignored any bad information about him, although he often told her different explanation about the same matter.

Later, her family found out that her husband is a no good person who was just interested in her wealth. But she was too stubborn to admit that she had made a mistake, so she decided to stay with her husband, although almost everybody can see that he is a worthless man. Now, she has to live with the consequences of her choice, whether she likes it or not.

Another friend of mine, who is about the same age with her (the friend that I've mentioned earlier), has the same problem. When she was in her early thirty, she hasn't got married. Luckily, she didn't got panicky. When a man asked her to marry him, she thought about it carefully. Later on, she found out that she and the man had a very different opinion about some important matters. So, she decided to leave the man, although she was broken hearted. She knew the consequences, what would happen if she followed her plan to marry him. Now, she is still single, but she is happy. She has no regret about her decision.

So, life is about choices. And every choice is followed by consequence(s). Choose carefully, because we have to live with the consequences for the rest of our life.