Pax: Make Good Choices
It's the middle of the night. We had a marathon night with the kids (and our nieces). An awesome night, full of fresh memories and new experiences. I'm dead tired; the brain is shutting down. Pax is lying next to me. "Dad, you still need to write your blog, don't you?"
"Yeah, bud, I do. Any ideas?"
"I've never written a blog before, so I don't know what to write about."
"Well, I want to help people and encourage them."
"Tell them to have a good day and make good choices. You always tell me to make good choices, so maybe you can tell them that."
Make good choices. Such a simple, yet difficult idea. None of us ventures into our days planning to make poor choices. We don't wake up in the morning looking to sabotage our lives or impair our futures. Yet, we regularly find ourselves doing just that. Why? I think much of this stems from our human desire for instant gratification. We willfully do things to get what we want now, at the expense of what we want most.
I'm sure you can relate. You have a list of things that are important to you, yet through the course of life, you make little decisions in the present that push those important things further into the future.
Make good choices. I love that it was the first idea that came to his little mind when he thought about the blog. Ironic, though, as he frequently makes bad choices. I guess that makes him just like you and just like me. Despite wanting to make good choices, he can't help himself at times. None of us is ever going to get it fully right, but perhaps we can endeavor to make more good choices than poor ones today. Here's my rule of thumb for good choices: Would 10 years from now me approve of this choice? If so, it's probably a good choice. If not, well, perhaps I should reconsider.
Have a good day and make good choices, as Pax would say.
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