Have you ever made a decision and hoped that the consequences, or end result would turn out differently for you?
For example:
- After eating an entire ½ gallon of ice cream, do you hope you won’t feel sluggish and yucky?
- After staying up late, do you hope you won’t be tired the next day?
Sometimes we like to think the rules don’t apply to us. We really want to believe that they won’t apply and that we can choose a different outcome.
This is where an understanding of the Law of Cause and Effect can help us become that person who creates exactly what he/she wants to create.
“The universal law of cause and effect states that for every effect there is a definite cause, likewise for every cause, there is a definite effect. Your thoughts, behaviors, and actions create specific effects that manifest and create your life as you know it.”
Years ago, I had the responsibility to teach a group of children every Sunday at church. I was outside doing yard work, trying to figure out how to teach them about choice and accountability and there before me was exactly what I needed for an object lesson. Sticks! (The yard was covered with branches that had broken off from the trees through the winter).
I brought them to the class and showed them the following message.
Our decisions are like picking up one end of the stick. The consequences or results of our actions are like the other end of the stick. It always comes along. The stick may be long or bent off to the side, but the other end always comes along.
All too often we want to think we can choose the end result. The consequence may be a long time in coming. It may take a detour, but sooner or later, by law, the consequence follows.
The freedom to choose does not come in deciding the end result. The choice comes in whether you pick up the stick or not. Once you make your decision, the consequence will always follow.
Every word you say, every action, even every thought you think has a consequence! There may be an immediate result or you may not see the result for a long time, but it will come!
Before you say that word or think that thought, see where it will lead you. You have the choice at that moment, but once it’s eaten, said, thought, or done, you cannot expect to choose your own consequence.
Before you pick up that one end of the stick, figuratively speaking, look down the road and see if the end result is what you really want. If not, you are free to choose to pick up a different stick.
What a wonderful law because it applies to every good as well as not so good thing! Don’t think it applies to only the negative. Any and every positive, uplifting, thought, action or comment, sooner or later will result in a like return.
Here’s to your week of making wonderful choices and experiencing wonderful results!
Much love,
