Life Choices

The choices we make build our future and guide our lives. Each choice that we decide on has an impact on our life whether it is good or bad. Through past experiences, some of the choices I have made have had unfortunate consequences. It is decisions like such, which we learn from and grow as individuals. However, many choices have rewarding and satisfying outcomes nonetheless. Most of our choices will affect not only us but often those around us as well. Because of the potential impact that choices can have on others surrounding us, it is important that we make certain decisions with great care and think through them thoroughly. The decision to make choices by the assistance of peer pressure has impacted the young adults during the 20th century substantially. Though many teenagers are excited to have the independence of making decisions, they often don’t do it without an opinion or two from friends. All decisions have their positive and negative facts however it is how you choose to deal with them that will determine how you handle everyday situations.
Though the outcome most choices can be encouraging and positive, there are specific choices that are not. Many people become discouraged, embarrassed, and upset with the result of their choice but decide to learn from the situation instead of wallow in it. As Zig Ziglar explains, “If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.” Taking advantage of a bad situation has the potential to be a great learning curve in the end. For example, it was a Monday morning during grade ten science at Sardis Secondary when our teacher informed us that we had a test the next day and it would be worth fifteen percent of our term one mark. When I got home from school that day, I had a decision to make as to whether I would study for the test or not. I chose to relax with a bowl of popcorn and watch TV instead. The consequence I suffered was a failing mark on my test, which lead to a low mark overall for the term.