choices

Guys, take a second and think about all the things you have done today. You probably woke up, took a shower (or not), got dressed, went to school, then came home and played a video game. Without realizing it or not, you have made hundreds of choices from the time you got up until now. And, for the remainder of the day, you will continue to make choices concerning your life. Choices (especially those you make) are the most important things in your life and they affect so many areas of it.

One of the most important lessons you can learn about choices is that they build upon each other and lead you to an outcome. Think back to those days when you played with Legos. You picked up one block in the set and it didn’t seem to be anything more than a block. Then you started to put it together with other blocks in the set. When you started, you may have had an idea of what you wanted to build or you may have simply just put blocks together until they turned into something. However, over time, you built a house, car, spaceship or some random thing that you had no idea what it was.

Now, think about your choices as those Legos, each choice you make representing one Lego Block. The choice may look simply as a choice at the moment, but it is actually going to be used to build something – your life. As you go through life and continue to make choices – whether it’s a good or bad choice – they are being put together like the Legos to build your life.

Even as a teenager, you want to get an idea of the type of life you want to build. The worst thing would be to grow up without this idea and your life has then turned into “some random thing that you have no idea what it is”. So, what do you want your life to become when you grow up? Think about that for a second. Then realize that to get there, you simply need to make choices that will build that life.

As you go on with the rest of your day, think about the choices you are making and how they will help build your life. Then choose to make choices that will build the life you want.

Apprentiss White