As each new day dawns and gives us another chance at life, we tend to forget the subtle things in life. The things that fall by the wayside tend to be the things that we cherish most in life. As I’ve grown, my priorities have changed and I’ve come to a point in my life where, through it seems far off, my mortality is becoming flesh to me. Though I’ve made this realization, my thoughts do not dwell in Death’s realm. They sit rather at the Table of Choice.
I have long believed that a life fully lived is a life full of choices made, choices declined and choices we never had a chance to choose. As we travel through life, there is but one constant: change. Change is a by-product of the choices we make in our daily lives. At any given point in a person’s daily life, they are faced with a myriad of choices. Some of those choices will open doors to more choices, while some will close the door on choices yet to be made. Emerson once said, “For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” He perfectly illustrates how choice affects the outcome of not only our day-to-day decisions, but also the choices that affect our lives. Choice acts much like the switches on railroad tracks, with one turn of the switch rails affecting the path of the train.
No matter the outcome of the choices we make there are always the inevitabilities that come with life. The events in our life that would come to pass, much like death, no matter the amount of input we put in through our life choices. Hebrews 9:27 says that man is appointed once to die, thereby ensuring that we know Death is the ultimate inevitability.
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