Choices

Through a series of events that have been happening these last few days I have been reminded once again of the massive impact that one person can have on any number of other people. The choices we make necessarily affect many people around us, and likely in ways we have never dreamed of, whether we like it or not.

A careless choice, a selfish choice or even one not fully thought through, can wreak havoc on other peoples’ lives with irreversible damage. The hurt caused can be magnified when issues like deception are added into the mix. Even things that are often thought of as ‘personal’ decisions will impact other people, and therefore we must at the very least consider how to mitigate that impact, or even to delay the decision until others can be involved to whatever measure they should be.

When you throw into the mix cross-cultural issues, the potential for damage exponentially increases.

And so, a re-doubling of efforts to consider the impact we are making by the choices we make is a necessary step. May I always be careful to consider how my choices affect others, and may I always have the guts to make the ‘hard’ decisions.