Why do I do what I do? This question is probably one of the greatest questions that I can personally ask myself. The idea of questions has been something that I have been pondering and working over in my mind for the past little while.
Asking ourselves questions causes us to answer those questions and to make decisions based on our questions. Whether they are thoughts, ideas, actions, relationships, or any other decisions we make, these decisions greatly affect the future of our lives, and the outcomes that we will live out. To add to that I desire to make my decisions based upon actions as opposed to reactions. To make actions determines that we are in control of our own outcomes whereas to make reactions determines that we are making decisions to the environment around us. In other words, I would rather affect and determine the environment around me rather than have the environment I find myself in affect and determine my reactions. A friend of my father has often said a phrase that I feel helps myself live in this way of making actions rather than reactions; "live deliberately" is the phrase I have heard numerous times. To live deliberately means that we don't necessarily just go along with life and whatever happens just happens. To live deliberately as simple as it sounds, which is to make deliberate actions and not just "go with the flow". Now, there may be times where going with the flow may be alright if the "flow" is headed in a direction we want to be, but if the "flow" is heading a direction that we do not desire to be then we must deliberately make actions that will determine our destination. So, why do I do what I do? And why do any of us do what any of us do? Do we do what we do because that's what is easiest; the path of least resistance. Or do we deliberately choose to make actions and be in control of our environment and destination.
I could ramble on and on of the various levels of importance of types of decisions, ie, choosing clothes to wear or food to eat, or relationships, or a spouse, or whether or not we seek relationship with God. The point is, each of these decisions, often times seemingly unimportant, will and DO drastically affect the big picture of our life and of our destination. To end this I want to leave you (if there is a "you" even reading this) with a few questions. Where do you want to go, and why? What are you going to do to get there? And I encourage you (and me) to do what it takes to go there, to be that person, to build that friendship, to become that man I desire to be, to make those deliberate decisions to become who and what we desire to be and to determine our environment and our destination.
Asking ourselves questions causes us to answer those questions and to make decisions based on our questions. Whether they are thoughts, ideas, actions, relationships, or any other decisions we make, these decisions greatly affect the future of our lives, and the outcomes that we will live out. To add to that I desire to make my decisions based upon actions as opposed to reactions. To make actions determines that we are in control of our own outcomes whereas to make reactions determines that we are making decisions to the environment around us. In other words, I would rather affect and determine the environment around me rather than have the environment I find myself in affect and determine my reactions. A friend of my father has often said a phrase that I feel helps myself live in this way of making actions rather than reactions; "live deliberately" is the phrase I have heard numerous times. To live deliberately means that we don't necessarily just go along with life and whatever happens just happens. To live deliberately as simple as it sounds, which is to make deliberate actions and not just "go with the flow". Now, there may be times where going with the flow may be alright if the "flow" is headed in a direction we want to be, but if the "flow" is heading a direction that we do not desire to be then we must deliberately make actions that will determine our destination. So, why do I do what I do? And why do any of us do what any of us do? Do we do what we do because that's what is easiest; the path of least resistance. Or do we deliberately choose to make actions and be in control of our environment and destination.
I could ramble on and on of the various levels of importance of types of decisions, ie, choosing clothes to wear or food to eat, or relationships, or a spouse, or whether or not we seek relationship with God. The point is, each of these decisions, often times seemingly unimportant, will and DO drastically affect the big picture of our life and of our destination. To end this I want to leave you (if there is a "you" even reading this) with a few questions. Where do you want to go, and why? What are you going to do to get there? And I encourage you (and me) to do what it takes to go there, to be that person, to build that friendship, to become that man I desire to be, to make those deliberate decisions to become who and what we desire to be and to determine our environment and our destination.
