Whether we are religious or
not, we are all human and every day in every way we are constantly making
decisions. This quote from Joseph
Epstein reminds me to pay attention to what I say and do. Perhaps it will help you too. Happy New Year to all and to all a sane 2018.
“We do not choose to be
born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, or
the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We
do not, most of us, choose to die nor do we choose the time or conditions of
our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we
shall live, courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with
purpose or adrift. We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We
decide. What makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do.
But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions,
these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We choose. And as we
decide and choose, so are our lives formed.”
Joseph Epstein
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