As youngsters we make choices without considering consequences. When we are young we too often lack the knowledge to realize how catastrophic those choices may be.One more lesson yet to be learned which only maturity teaches. If we are fortunate the less than beneficial choices made in the early years do not have long term effects.  Thankfully, as time passes  we begin to understand that we need to take more care when making decisions which can resonate for years to come.  That is not to say we will not still make mistakes but hopefully  the frequency of error in judgment will diminish as we learn that the only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing

Throughout our lives we are constantly faced with choices. It's easy to become discouraged  when   situatons arise, as they invariably do, where no matter what you do everything seems to go wrong and there does not appear to be any way out. Hopefully with time we have gained a measure of  insight, learned from mistakes made, and our ability to choose wisely has vastly improved.  By the time we have reached  that level of maturity where we know that destiny is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice and not a thing to be waited for  we should ideally have gained the experience in life to apply that  knowledge when making choices.

As we travel through life there are always those times when serious and at times even grave decisions must be made. When the choices are difficult and solutions elusive. There are some situations where all you can do is to simply let go and move on, gather your courage together and choose a new direction. Having the wisdom to do that is much easier said than done ... another of life's lessons learned, albeit with much difficulty.  We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.   'As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.'
 
 

The process of change may be extremely difficult but we come to recognize as the years pass  that  we have many options in life, and many ways we can grow.  We have to believe that whatever decisions we make, they'll be the right choices for us. The choices may not always lead where we might wish to go initially but if made with common sense and a measure of prudence may well prove to be wise choices indeed. After all, even happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

It is very easy to allow caution or fear to influence our choices. In so doing we squeeze out of the life that we are guarding so anxiously all the adventure and spontaneity that makes it worth living.  It is so important to remember that regretting things we did can be tempered by time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.The secret is do not ever give up or fear trying once more.  It really is true you know, 

' There is always a brighter tomorrow that's just down the road but we must not look back.  We are not going that way !'