RESPONSIBLE CHOICES

‘’You and only you are

responsible for your life

choices and decisions”

Many students who have passed out of the portals of the school are doing very well in life. Each of them, excelling in diverse fields. Some of them have proved that, where you come from has nothing to do with where you can reach in life. A few of them were honoured during the Golden Jubilee celebration of the school. It was evident that these students had made the right choices in life. How else will a first generation be studying in the best university in Singapore or how will she land in Spain, or how will he work for Google or Tesla? They never lost sight of their goal. Even at a time when they did not have so much exposure, like today’s generation, they still made it big in life.

On the contrary, some of them continued to be a mediocre in life. They let go of all the opportunities. Never noticed it in the first place, probably they were not alert. What discriminates the champions from the also-rans is that relentless effort, the striving, the consistency, with which they pursued their choices. They discussed and debated over their choices. They did not choose between right and wrong. From the beginning they were clear what they wanted in life and only discussed what if they did could they have better options in life. So, they made informed choices. They took responsibility for their life.

Man has been blessed with independent will. “It is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on our emotion or circumstance.” So, we have the power to respond, to choose.

Every choice that we make has its own consequences. You should grow higher and higher by executing the right choices. It should be thought over and not taken impulsively. Your choices can take you closer to your goal or far away from it, depending upon how committed you are to your own life. Every decision you take is a choice executed by you. Just as how a building is built brick by brick, so also your life is constituted by the decisions you take. You have it in you to become whatever you choose to become, but are you making the right choices?

Like the snakes and ladders game, a few wrong decisions can bring you down in life and a few right decisions can elevate you. Are you making responsible choices? You can either be your best friend or your worst enemy.

Disentangle yourself from bad company that will make you blind to your own flaws, avoid wrong habits as it will control your life, make sure to enjoy disciplined freedom so that you don’t lose sight of your journey, hold on to your integrity to earn the trust of the world, live a life of ethics and values so that you can grow in your own eyes. There are times when you have to execute a choice, but there are times when you should remain in a choiceless state. Don’t give yourself a choice when it comes to doing the right actions. These are a few of the responsible choices that you can make in life and become the pride of your parents.

“To move from compulsiveness to choice, is evolutionary. But to move from choice to choicelessness, is revolutionary.”

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