Have you ever made a bad decision? If you haven't, trust me, you've either been really smart or you are a liar. I've made some really bad decisions in life. I assure you that I am not going to sit here and list them but suffice it to say that I have made some big ones.
Some people try to explain away their bad decisions by saying, "You would just have to know the circumstances." I can tell you that circumstances can be tough and challenging and cause us to have to make tough decisions, but, circumstances are just circumstances. How we handle those circumstances is our decision, and sometimes those decisions are not good.
Today's word is a quote from Stephen Covey, which says, "I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions."
We so often want to lay blame for our poor decisions on the things that were going on. However, again, while the circumstances may be bad, we are the ones who make the decisions based on those circumstances. While we may want to blame the circumstances, the truth is, we often create those circumstances based on the decisions we made leading up to those circumstances.
It's not easy to admit that we make our own beds, that we make poor decisions, that we suffer from our own poor judgement. But, the simple truth is that no matter your circumstances, you still have the power to make good decisions. Making bad decisions just make the circumstances worse. As I said, it's not easy to admit because I have made my own bad circumstances because of my decisions.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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