Choices

Life is a series of choices.  We never know which ones will pan out and which will not.  All we have are our prior experiences to lead us on the "correct" path, but we never really know if that's going to lead us to fulfillment.  What works for Charlie may not work for us.  In fact, I'd wager that it won't work at all.  Every person is unique, just as every situation is fraught with diversity.  There is no manual to describe how to handle every situation.  All we can do, as Austin Powers' stallmate once said, is to "close your eyes, grab hold of something, and give it hell!"  How is it that an obscure movie line from 1997 can be wrought with so much meaning?  It's all a matter of choices and perspective...

I, for one, am at the mercy of my choices.  I make decisions based on...what exactly?  Projections for future success?  The past?  What others say?  What others do?  A Supreme Being?  The luck of a dice roll?  None of them may work, and yet all of them could work.  There is no prescription for correct decisions.  The key is to be able to adapt.  In biology, the most important aspect of a species' survival is its adaptability.  We all need to be willing to change in accordance with the scenarios that we have (perhaps inadvertantly) set up for ourselves.  The mark of a successful person is to be able to rise up in the face of trials as a result of any situation.  It can be done.  Again, it's perspective.  Like we found out yesterday, it's "a lovely hand to hold."

All we can do is to keep going.  Even though I've had more allusions than original words in here, I'm going to spit in the face of plagiarism and add one more.  We need to channel our inner Dory.  When life gets us down, what should we do?  "Just keep swimming!"  It's a most simple concept but, then again, aren't those the most difficult to master?  Oh well...Just keep swimming!!