The choice is yours!

   

     Right from the moment you open your eyes in the morning to the time you go back to bed, you make several choices along the way. From simple aspects such as choosing tea, coffee or milk to pump your day to serious factors such as choosing your career, education or life partner, life is all about the choices you make. Freedom to chalk your choices and ability to transform them into successful outcome point to the happiness of living life on your own terms. 

   

     As every single choice you make will lead to significant impact in the future, it is essential to invest your energy, thoughts, time and understanding. Though we are able to choose for ourselves, it does not mean guaranteed output of victory, happiness, satisfaction and pleasure. As we exercise the right to make decisions, we come across diverse experiences along the way.

    In order to choose the best for us, it is important to analyze the situation well, before coming to the final conclusion. As our choices will reflect over our future course of journey - timely consideration today will save us from disappointment tomorrow. While each one of us enjoy the freedom to make choices, we must also inculcate the ability to respect those made by others. The choice to adopt a particular lifestyle or the choice to divert away from the conventional time frame of life is truly a personal aspect that cannot be judged by others. Whether one chooses career over marriage or adventure over daily routine, whether one chooses flexibility in career over fixed typical jobs or untouched travel destinations over the well-known ones, the coast is clear for endless possibilities and numerous opportunities.

     It all depends on how well one can handle the freedom of making good choices. While making decisions, it is important to seek guidance and opinion from the experienced resources around. Though we may disagree with their opinions or may not be able to connect with their views completely, it is essential to look at things from all angles. Many a times, when we are blinded by the excitement to try our hands at something new or commit to a totally novel responsibility, we may ignore the hidden matter in fine print. During moments like these, it is necessary to understand opinions under different light.

     Making correct choices or displaying success as the end product is not a competitive race of any kind. There is no harm in choosing an incorrect option, only to understand the reality and make beneficial changes at a later stage. As long as we do not trouble those around us, our choices can reflect over our story-line alone. Making choices is not a simple game of selecting one option over the other. As we grow along the path of life, we realize the need to display maturity and understand every aspect carefully. Careful analysis of the pros and cons, systematic calculation of all factors (preferably on an excel sheet as promoted by my father always) and thorough research about the options can take one in the right decision.

  Though we may take all these elements under consideration, it is important to realize that our choices cannot guarantee happiness. As we experience the ups and downs, we learn to appreciate every single twist in the tale. It is not possible to treat each aspect of the choice game in the same manner. Some matters demand great attention, while some others are as simple as picking up a random chit from a pile of papers.

       As the sole architect of your life, the choice to design it as per your own dimensions is entirely yours. Though parents, relatives, friends and loved ones can guide you along the way, the final decision lies in your hands alone. It is important to take responsibility and charge of our own journey. Relying over others for our own choices is a convenient way to run away from any troubles in the future. By blaming them for the failure, we may invite unhappiness along the way. This makes it essential to choose for ourselves, while enjoying the end result with an open attitude.

   With this, let me conclude my chain of thoughts by highlighting the perks of choices.  

1.       Choose your lifestyle – after all you have to live it!

2.       Choose your food habits – it goes into your stomach!

3.       Choose your career- you have to practice it for a lifetime to pay your bills!

4.       Choose your hobbies – free time is nothing less than a luxury!

5.       Choose your priorities – only you know what comes first or last!

6.       Choose happiness, joy, pleasure and delight – after all that is why you were born!

So whether you enjoyed this post and agree with my thoughts or disagree with every bit of it – the choice is yours!