Carpe diem, daredevils and go-getters love to say. Opportunity knocks but once. And yet, for many a decision to be made, every exhortation to seize the day has an answering reminder to look before you leap. How do you determine which one to heed?
Sometimes, a moment’s hesitation is all it takes for the choice to be taken away from you. A split second of indecision can determine the course of the rest of your life, heedless of your entire being raging impotently at the sheer injustice of it all: What sort of evil usury demands a lifetime in exchange for a moment of consideration? What kind of cruel judicial system metes out a life sentence for a momentary lapse of judgement? Not even Faust got so unfair a trade; not even the Code of Hammurabi was so rigidly exacting.
But the wisdom of the universe is unhindered by the shortsightedness of human emotion, and time heals all wounds. I think I can say with reasonable honesty that I have lived my life thus far without regret. But every so often, I idly wonder at what my life would have been like had I not hesitated on what now appear to be turning points in the story of my life. What if I had chosen passion over prudence? Would I have been a happier me, more fulfilled, living the life I thought I wanted?
Fortunately, everything is clearer in hindsight. From where I stand now, the choice almost seems too easy. Maybe during that briefest of instants God was whispering to me a promise of something better, and without even realizing it, I had chosen to stop and listen. Now I just sit back, happy and unhurried, and wait for my destiny to come find me.
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