Lately I’ve been watching real-crime on YouTube. Various channels take police cam footage, put it together, and tell a story.
In this footage, I often see people do something slightly wrong. A little speeding, a little misunderstanding at the airport ticket desk, a little argument.
It starts with a ticket, a small fine, or asked to leave the premises. Simple.
But by the end of the video, it’s several felonies and arrest.
The people choose to be combative. They choose to be irrational.
They choose to fight their losing battle, then smack the cop, then resist arrest, then cry, “Why is this happening? Why am I being arrested??”
It got me thinking, anyone can choose to have such a life. What I would call: a meaningless life.
It’s OUR choices that determine the meaning of our lives. In essence, we give our lives meaning.
God puts on in this particular life, with our particular circumstances, and He lets us have Free Will.
And what we do with that Free Will can be the difference between a meaningless life of fighting, struggle, and combativeness.
OR a meaningful life of learning, loving, and choosing the better things in life.
We can fight tooth and nail to have a meaningless life.
Or we can ease into a much more wonderful, expansive, and meaningful life.
The meaning of life?
You choose.
Take care,
Dear Quiet
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