It happened so suddenly. I looked in the mirror and looking back at me was some old guy whose balding head and full beard had turned Grey almost white. I was sure that when I went to bed last night I had a full head of brown hair. That over weight guy looking back in the mirror is not the same guy who played football as a youth and spent some time in the USMC running up and down hills in Virgina while attending Platoon Leader Classes each summer. Yes all of a sudden all the choices of eating an extra slice of pie or extra helping of potatoes and gravy became very visible. The ravages of the years had shown up suddenly yet slowly as the years passed.
As I pondered these things I was reminded that I made choices some very deliberately and some because of pressures that have molded my life. I did make some good choices I made the choice to stop smoking some 32 years ago. I decided to surrender my life to Jesus and to stop drinking. As I thought about the choices I have made some good and some not so good; we all have a choice to make our lives the way they are and it is done with sometimes very little choices that can lead to where our lives go.
Think about it when the one who ended up on death row for killing someone. They did not start out as a youngster saying, "I want to be a murderer when I grow up.". No most kids I know want to be firemen, or policemen, or doctors, or lawyers or Sports stars or as my 3 year old grandson to be a superhero who defeats all the bad guys. Somewhere along the way that one on death row made some small choice to break the law or rebel in some way and then another choice to do it again and then again and then again until they ended up where they ended up.
We all have dreams about our future and we all have choices we can make that will take us either closer to our dreams and goals or choices that will take us farther away. I know I plan on taking more time to think about the choices I make that will take me closer to my dreams and to take care of my health so I can live a long and productive life.
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