Choice Tree

INCIDENT:
I am slowly and painfully learning the implications of choosing a new apartment. In the past this was a choice I took for granted... or maybe I was just lucky. But this move has been challenging to say the least. Perhaps it is the bombardment of novel situations that is throwing me for a loop or I could just be becoming an adult... I don't know which one is more difficult to deal with...

MORAL:

It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.

- Donald Miller

Even though most of us feel like we have set habits or schedules, change is occurring all the time. It is inevitable. And all of these small changes equate to a larger outcome in our lives. Each choice or decision modifies our path in slight but significant ways. Deciding to go out instead of stay in might result in a new friendship or the strengthening of an existing relationship. It could also have implications that are not yet evident. Other decisions have far reaching impacts. For example moving to a new domicile can have epic implications - who we spend time with, where we shop, our modes of transportation, how we spend our days, etc. These types of decisions effect our lives in ways that are immediately apparent. And it is perhaps this distinction that makes those choices so scary. But in the long run all choices - big or small - have the potential to change our world significantly.