Calendar Books by Allen James - Daily Reading - "The Journey: A Calendar Book"

August 25th, from The Journey: A Calendar Book reads,

"Remember, our actions determine our destiny" (James, 2012).

How many times have we heard, "Actions speak louder than words"?  Too numerous to count I'd guess.  Yet we are all cognizant the phrase is a fact. We often forget the great power we posses within ourselves to shape our lives by the choices we make. We are the one who choose how to live our lives or create our lives' paths. To be certain, our future will not be determined by chance, but rather by the choices we make today. 

Life is a series of choices. The choices we make now affect the options available for the next round of choices. Learning what to choose, and how to choose, may be the most important education we will ever receive. There is no such thing as the perfect human. All of us are imperfect whether we like it or not; we surely need not add additional stress to our lives because of it. It is our imperfections which make us, human. 

These imperfections teach us about ourselves and the mistakes we make in life will teach us how to be a more better human being. And those who let their mistakes teach them and not rule them are one step closer to becoming the perfect. There are moments in our lives when we find ourselves at a crossroads. The choices we make in those moments can define the rest of our days. And, of course when faced with the unknown, most of us prefer to turn around and go back.  This would not be a trait toward personal success.

There may be times we make choices which cause our path to become tough, confusing and uncertain. Our path seems like a series of hills and valleys, there is never any balance.When this happens, we should stop and examine the choices which have taken us down this path. We should evaluate those choices and identify alternatives or new choices which will bring us back to our true path-the one we originally created.

Remember, our choices determine our destiny.  Keep looking up.  : )   AJ