Choices in Life
Posted on Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Choices in Life
By Apolinario Villalobos
We should be prepared for the consequence
of whatever bad choices that we made in life. Admittedly, however, there are
occurrences in our life that we did not choose, and which we view as part of
our fate, one is being born in poverty. But, we cannot be impoverished for life
if we give way to our desire to struggle for the better. In this effort,
however, we need the support of our parents. If they fail to give it to us, we
can always look around for inspiration. At this juncture we can ask ourselves,
“if others can, why can’t I”? And, finally, it’s only us, who can choose to be
a self-made person, if we want it.
Some people want to take a shorter way in
achieving what they want in life - success, instant pleasure or money. Those
who want success in earning a profession commit frauds such as plagiarism in
coming up with their thesis. Those with jobs who want promotion make evil
designs that include stepping on others. Those who want to have instant
pleasure or money, practically do anything at the expense of their honor and
future.
We make choices along the way of our life –
consciously, which makes us alone, who are accountable for such. It is for this
reason that impoverished drug pushers should never blame the government for
having neglected them, so that they were forced to sell illegal drugs, as they
do not want to die of hunger. They made the choice to experience instant joy
from drugs that made them first as drug addicts, and later as pushers to
sustain their vice. But when the threat of death knocks at their door, on
bended knees they cry a river of regrets!
Those in the government, and who took the
risk of dipping their hands in the coffer of the government, should face the
consequence of trials to prove their misdeed. I admire, however, the brash
courage of these corrupt in defending themselves, tooth and nail, to prove
their “innocence”. Such courage is honed by time, what with many years of being
blindly trusted by voters who shamelessly sell their precious single right to
vote for a pittance!
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