Choices, choices...

When I think about choices, I often remember a philosopher's parable about a donkey who starved to death, while standing between two big piles of hay, because he could not choose which one to eat first. I wonder if we at times act like this animal.

Every day we are faced with choices, big ones and small ones. It is one thing to be conscious of those choices, and use your power to choose, but it is another thing to make a big fuss about them. To tell the truth, most of the choices we face are not choices between life and death, or between worshipping Christ and worshipping Baal.

In many cases it really does not matter what we will choose, as long as we stay true to ourselves, our core beliefs and values. And if we dont know what are our beliefs and values, it doesnt matter either. Perhaps, in this case our experiences will help us to gain more clarity.

Is it really important whether we eat a hamburger or cheeseburger as long as we are fed? Does God care about this choice?

Is it really important whether we drink a Coke or a Pepsi as long as we can quench our thirst? Does God care about this choice?

Is it really important whether we drive a Toyota or a Nissan as long as we have a convenient car to go around? Does God care about this choice?

We don't make choices between life and death every day. And even what we see as "death", could be a new life in disguise. Seeming failure in one business can be a stepping stone to a success in another business. Seeming failure in relationships can set us free for new and better relationships.

The false idea that makes us nervous and tense while making a choice is that there is only one, "the right one" path that we need to take in order to achieve happiness, success and satisfaction. Of course, it cannot be true - if God really gave us the freedom of choice, if we are really sons and daughters of the Most High, if we are really creators of our life and our destiny. There is not only one option for us, there is an infinite range of options. We are infinite beings.

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us", said Emerson, and I agree with him.

Happiness doesnt come from an outside, it is within you. Your spouse cannot make you happy. You can be married to the best person in the world, but still feel miserable for many reasons. Prosperity does not depend on your employment, or on current situation at the stock exchange. Prosperity or poverty are the states of your mind, which make themselves manifest in your affairs. You carry them around, and you bring them to every new career or an enterprise. You cannot escape yourself.

My recommendation for a successful life is to deal with your attitudes, and let the outside events take care of themselves. Develop such healthy attitudes as faith, love, peace, joy, courage and enthusiasm. As long as you are true to them, it really does not matter what will be your choice.

You may take any direction. You may go any way. In the long run, it won't make a big difference, because you will bring your inner baggage to the new place of life, whatever it may be (prosperity or poverty, happiness or discontentment). All the outward circumstances will conform to your deepest thoughts and attitudes about life. Even your earnest prayers won't trick this law. Let us get rid of indecision, because it is a sin, which is rooted in ignorance and subconscious fear.

What are we afraid of? You may ask this question to yourself. You may list your fears, and then check the statistics. Chances that your fears will come to pass are low. And if you will throw away those fears, they will be even less, for you wont attract them.

"My life was filled with terrible tragedies, and most of them never happened", said Mark Twain.

Are we afraid that we will be left without help? Are we afraid that God will fail us? This will never happen.

"The Lord upholds ALL who fall, and raises up ALL who are bowed down" (Psalm 145:14).

"My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth" (Psalm 121:2).

Have no fear, for your God is near.

If we want our life to be transformed, we need to be transformed by the renewing of our mind (Romans 12:2). It is the only method that in known in Gods scheme of being.