For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Now, of course, this is a Newton Law of Physics, one in which most learn about in a dusty high school science classrooms. Of course, this is only if they take a break from day dreaming for a moment to listen to their teacher and comprehend the information. As well as applying this to science, I believe this can be applied to how people live their individual lives and make decisions in this life.
Every single day of life on this planet, we are all faced with decisions. Sometimes, these decisions are easy ones to make, no brainers, if you will. Other times, decisions are more difficult to make. During these times, each one of us weighs the pros and cons of each side of the decision we are trying to come to. This is because we know that one side of the decision will take us in one direction, and one side of the decision will take us in another. At this point we must decide which path we want to follow, knowing that each action we take does have an equal and opposite reaction.
By choosing one path, an "equal"reaction happens as a result of the action we took, one that makes sense to us to occur. One cannot forget that also there can also be "opposite" reactions regarding the path we chose, ones that we did not see coming and possibly do not make sense. These reactions may be ones that we do not necessarily like or agree with, but they are ones that happen nevertheless.
Going along with this idea, there is also the notion that by choosing one path, there is still that path that was never explored. If the decision we choose to make causes us to second guess ourselves, we may begin to think about what would have happened if we would have chosen to take the other route. Maybe it would have been better for us, is usually what we think, because everything seems greener on the other side when it is a perfect picture in our heads. Of course, it has never been played out in real life, so it really probably wouldn't have been as good as we think it would have been. Undoubtably, we think about how the opposite choice could have been so much different for us, and sometimes we think about it so much that it can start to impact our lives and the lives of those around us.
Once we make an action, both of the equal and the opposite reactions have power over us to some degree. The "equal" reaction, or in this case the reaction that makes the most sense to happen as a result of the initial action taken, can make us feel good about what we have chosen to do, or it can make us feel bad about our choice. It can make us feel bad because we second guess ourselves, like I mentioned above, or also because we realize that we should have made our decision much sooner than we did.
The "opposite" reaction, or thought, also has power over us simply because we think of what could have been. We think of what could have been if we had made our decision sooner and we think of what could have been if we wouldn't have made our decision when we did or at all. We can also go back as far as to think about what could have been if we wouldn't have made the decision to do what we did to cause us to be in the place we are now to make this decision. Confusing, isn't it?
Both of these thoughts can envelop us, they can consume us.
This is, of course, only if we let them.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, and how we take both of those reactions after we set a track in motion, is how we will end up viewing the life we are living. Choose the lens through which you look carefully, and choose your path the same way as well.
