con·se·quence
1.A result or effect of an action or condition.
Consequence. In a way, we all live out an aspect of consequence every day. We have all made different choices to get us to where we are at this very moment. The idea of choice and consequence is actually the foundation of the book “The Travelers Gift” by Andy Andrews. How we handle the consequences of our choices (whether they’re good or bad) is really what can create the long lasting change in our lives.
Have you ever read a book that is SO good you put all of your time and energy into reading it? You know the book is going to end yet every free moment you have is spent turning those pages, eager for each detail. The last page of the book…the last word…withdrawal sets in. You do all you can to “re-enter” life but nothing fills the void. Or maybe it was a special project you poured yourself into that is finished…or maybe it is even your favorite football team (by the way the Super Bowl is over!)
Back to my first point…consequence. Consequence and balance fall hand in hand; when your life is out of balance, you will endure consequences. We wake up, and try to be all things to all people. I like to think of an oven with all the burners set on high; no matter how hard you try and stir and maintain the four boiling pots one will spill over or something will get burned. That’s why there are different settings on an oven and that’s we have to have different settings in our minds. Our own wants and needs tend to get set aside and we go go go go go…then we break. We break down and we break through. We tell ourselves “get up and start again” and without any choice, we do. We look at what we have and it results in gratitude and humility. And we progress without regret.
I feel a fire re-igniting from smoldering embers as I start the next chapter in my life. One of focus and self-discovery. Hopefully my writings will reflect it! I just pray I have the strength to be what I need to be to all the beautiful children in my life – they are blessings from above and they look to me to BE their anchor in these stormy seas of life.
