Make Not Monsters of Men

This life philosophy just came to me. I hope it helps someone or at least creates a meaningful discussion. 

I think in life it is the small choices that determine who you are. Whether you do wonderful things for the world or terrible is not determined primarily in one big action you take, but the little steps. Great people are not born in a day and neither are Monsters. 

It’s those little daily choices you made to say something nice or say something mean, to tell the truth or a white lie, to control your urge for the easy route and do that slightly harder thing instead, that create your path. 

These little choices will take you to the place where you can do things you thought were impossible for you. Whether those be to change the world for the better or destroy it, is up to your past decisions. 

For example someone who opens a non-profit organization giving free help to patients of cancer is doing great things with seemingly one choice, but it was all the little choices to choose compassion along the way that made it possible for them. 

Conversely these kids choosing to shoot up schools didn’t just wake up with this capability, they made multiple choices to harden their hearts when they faced pain in life until their ability to choose love was broken. What if in the first moment of their pain they chose to create a habit to forgive and show love? 

The you of today is both limited by the you of the past and empowered to make a new you in the future. So decide which path you want and then don’t take a single small choice for granted. Every choice is pointing down one path or the other. Even a negative thought repeated  becomes a negative belief and leads to negative choices and a negative life. 

Choose positive , choose love and it will lead to greatness. 

And if you are in pain it’s not too late. The hardest part of pain is choosing joy inspite of it. It’s a choice to recognize the joy and happiness in life even when you feel pain. Forgive yourself , forgive others and decide that you get to make your life great no matter what is said or done to you. Even if they chain you up you still control your thoughts and your mind is the most powerful tool you have.