Do you ever stop and wonder what your destiny is? I believe in fate. I believe in karma. I believe that all of our actions are essential to the events that have yet to unfold. I don’t think I always stop and consider it when I take an action but I believe in the effects that are caused by that action. Every day, we have a chance, or a choice if you will, to alter our future. We can create our own destiny. Some days are better than others and some days make us question what “this” is all for. “This” is a broad generalization of life and our individual purpose. I haven’t quite figured out mine and I don’t know when or if I ever will.
The Butterfly Effect is a very interesting concept to me. The idea that the flap of a butterfly’s wings could cause a hurricane in some distant time and place. It’s a concept that you can probably use to trace your current position in life back to various decisions you’ve made in the past. It is rational when thinking backward but it doesn’t seem to possess the same power when thinking forward. It’s hard to intentionally make a decision today and understand the full payoff in the future. You can make what you think are the right decisions and hope for future benefits but the right decision today may not be the right decision in the future. So what are we to do?
The common sense thing to do is to make the best decision in the present and let it play out. And to me, that’s what “this” is all about – Letting life play out by making what we think are sound decisions in the here and now. Sounds logical, rational and pretty unoriginal. I’m not intending to break ground with that statement. I’m actually reminding myself on a day, when things went every way but the way I wanted, that the decisions I made to get here were sound when I made them before today. That’s a very difficult thought to force into your head when things aren’t going well. The natural thoughts are, “what did I do to deserve this?”, “how do I overcome this?” And sometimes even “are you shitting me with this?” It’s almost insane to tell yourself, “let this play out and see what happens.”
That really seems to be the play though, in my mind. Don’t misread that to mean that we shouldn’t make amends or correct mistakes. Standing up and saying you were wrong about something is showing true humility and a desire to get better. It also makes sense though to flap your wings again in an effort to create a new effect. Turn your focus away from the negativity going on and find something positive to latch onto. Sometimes that means closing the door on something or someone that doesn’t seem to be providing you with the fulfillment you need. That’s when you have a choice to alter your destiny. It’s almost never easy but almost always necessary. These are no doubt the moments that ripple throughout your life.
In those moments, it then becomes a time to rely on your own belief system, whatever that may be, to help you make those decisions. No matter what that belief system is, know that your heart is always true to itself. It will tell you all you need to know if you quiet your mind and listen. In your darkest hour, that is your mightiest struggle, quieting the mind. But it is the key. I don’t know where tomorrow will take me or what my purpose is on this earth. If I knew, the decisions would be easy. What I do know is that I will serve a purpose.
So tonight I lay down with the following in my head, “You woke up thinking it was a normal day but it didn’t go as well as you had planned. In fact, it was a pretty crappy day. Realize that there are some choices to make. It’s time to make the choices and then, if you’re lucky enough, you wake up tomorrow and let it play out.”
Another outstanding blog Joey!!!!