You’re born, you live, and you die.

This is a simple statement of fact. We humans spend about 27,000 days on average in this life

We have no control over our birth.  We also cannot stop death. Some or all of the things we can do in the middle may, or will affect the middle and the last part of our lives.  But how we live our lives during those 27,000 days is pretty much up to us.

Now, I guess I’ve always believed that we have free will to live our lives as we wish.  I also believe that there may be some kind of predetermined destiny, a path, a direction, on which our life takes off that will guide us to our final days.  Now, I’m not talking about a straight line from beginning to end, from birth to death.  Not any kind of Life Energy, or a guiding hand that will take us to the first crossroads, or to any crossroads in life.  I’m only talking about the decisions we make, that will continue to lead us too many more crossroads in life.

In our first five years (1825 days) most decisions are made by our Elders, parents and those around us who are wiser and have more experience. All we know is that we’re hungry, cranky or happy.  Not much beyond that. (Oh yes, when we are messy too).  After those early years, life becomes an adventure.

Good decisions can extend our lives, make us happy, educate us and make life enjoyable: to live.

Not so good decisions will take us down different roads.

Example; A five year old riding a tricycle down the sidewalk, you have two simple decisions that could    affect the rest of your life.

1.       You go down the driveway and onto the road into oncoming traffic.  This could affect your ability to make it to the next crossroad of life or your next decision.

2.       Or you can sample, listen, to what you’ve been told about staying out of the street.  Living to enjoy yet another day.  Enjoying the benefits of making good decisions also gaining life experiences.

3.       A 13 year old, (4745 days old) who is now entering the age where they know it all!   After years of good advice, they decide to start smoking, drinking or doing drugs! All things that can certainly alter your course to the next crossroads. 

All crossroads, like all decisions, lead somewhere.  It takes time and experience to learn how to make good decisions, also like learning to read a road map, learning to read life’s crossroads takes time and experience.

So enjoy life, learn how to make good decisions, except the knowledge that you obtain from the bad decisions.

Try to always remember; decisions are like money, the more you make, the more you’ll enjoy life.