“CHOICE” – such a powerful
word!!!
(Just
a little upgrading of the thought that I typed in the previous blog.)
It sounds so nice and it indeed is: choice – where I value the different
options I have, give them the attention that is due and then I choose one which
gives meaning to my life. Oh!, but stopping there, will not get me anywhere.
The choice has to be made. Yes! And that too a wise one. We have got that part
right. The most important part after making a proper choice is to be committed
to it. Choice without a proper commitment is just a preference. Today, I choose
this and tomorrow whoa, I choose that. But life isn’t lived this way. Moreover,
when I choose to respond to God’s call; I choose to live it every day. I don’t
intend to take a holiday from that choice. And what will really help me out
there, is COMMITMENT. When I commit myself
for that choice, all the other options just fade away. Now, you may say, “That
goes bang opposite to what I wrote in the previous blog.” And that is where I
received clarification. (Thanks to Fr. Vinod)
Let me explain, when you commit myself to the choice you make, all the other
options that you have had fade away with proper attention having been given to
them. Since you have already given them the attention that is due, and have
chosen another over them, you have disempowered them. You have chosen something
that is of meaning to you. You empower
yourself because the choice resides in you. You will be free then. It is you
who have made the choice. You can then create your future freely with a proper
sense of responsibility. You thus become a creator.
To cap it
off: Choice without commitment is just dillydallying around. Be powerful.
Commit yourself to the choice you make and live life to the full.
Remember you are here for a purpose.
Find it.
Know it.
Realize it in your life.
Be committed to it.
And live it.
