The tortoise is smiling . . . and he loves company!

Breakfast was a kefir shake, vitamins, and water. Lunch and dinner were premeasured meals (tuna with cheese on pita; shrimp pasta and broccoli).  More water. Had dessert tonight, small strawberry shortcake.

Here's a thought I had today . . .

Clearly we are subject to many rules and laws in our lives.  Some we can plainly see.  Some we can only see the results of.  It is easy to talk ourselves into believing these rules don't exist and live our lives like they don't . . . but we can only choose our actions, not the results of our actions.


Sometimes these results are immediate, other times they are delayed for many years.  That does not change the truth that we can only choose our actions, not the results of our actions.


For example, take exposing our skin to the sun.  If we do not get enough sunlight, we miss essential nutrients and also can get quite depressed.  If we get more sunlight than we need, in the short term we may like the resulting tan and the way we look and feel.  But years later, the results will come in the form of increased wrinkling, faster aging, and possibly even cancer.   When the years have passed, we cannot change the results of the choice we made long ago.


You are undoubtedly familiar with another rule, commonly known as the Golden Rule.  Jesus simply stated it thus, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” (Matt. 7:12.)


Each of us has countless opportunities each day to decide to observe or ignore this rule.  Often it is to our immediate benefit to ignore it.  I ask you to ponder this day and often what has been the cumulative result of countless people each choosing to ignore the Golden Rule whenever they like . . . and how much difference it would make in our troubled world if a few people "swam against the current" and made a habit to choose to regularly say to themselves  "I will do unto others as I would have them do unto me." 


The tortoise is smiling . . . and he loves company!