One Day Can Change the Course of Your Life.

Small decisions can make a big difference. One day's events can change the entire course of a person's life. We would like to think that the little things are just that; little and insignificant. The truth is, however, something seemingly small can have a huge impact on a person and the course of his or her life. My personal belief is that there are no accidents. Everything happens in life as the result of carelessness or intention. What we call accidents are unexpected events that happen, like everything else in life, as the result of carelessness or intention. I am not so grandiose as to think this idea originates with me. I do, however, have enough pride in myself to say that it takes thoughtfulness and insight to arrive at such a conclusion.

We may want to think that people can be separated into two groups of careless and intentional types. In doing so, we would overlook the fact that we are all sometimes likely to fall into one of the two categories simultaneously. Perhaps it is safe to say that most people find themselves more frequently in one category or the other; no one is either careless or intentional 100% of the time.

A major difference between the careless and the intentional has to do with choices, decisions and actions, and the process whereby we arrive at them. For the careless person, choices, decisions and actions are impulsive, thoughtless and random at best. For the person who is intentional for the most part, choices, decisions and actions are thought out, tested and selected carefully. Some choices, decisions and actions call for spontenaity. Not every single thing in our lives demands us to painstakingly plow the soil of decision. We must, however, consider the consequenses of our choices, decisions and actions with regard to ourselves and others.

One event in one day has the potential to change the course of a person's life. Remember those accidents that I said I do not believe in? In reality, accidents do happen. So called accidents are unexpected events that happen as the result of carelessness or intention. An accident, no matter how unintentional, involves being thrown off the course of intention unexpectedly. To simplify, an accident can change your path. A moment in a day can cost years of inconvenience. By the same token, a spontaneous event can create a new path of opportunity that changes a person's life in a good way. Consider this day and remember to make the best choices, decisions and actions that are possible so that you will celebrate a wonderful change for the better.