You
and I have a lot of abilities. What an understatement. However, let’s pursue this for a moment.
Pardon
this personal reference. I have the
unique ability to impress certain people with some measure of my abilities in a
variety of ways. That is a good thing
mostly. I’m all about ability and how
one demonstrates one’s abilities to a given task.
On
the other hand, my abilities come to the front only when I make good choices in
actions, words, follow-through and a whole host of other soft skills that come
into play.
In
the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets, we find this:
“It’s
not our abilities that show
what we truly are; it is our choices.”
I’ve
written a bit about the power of “choice” in these posts. That is still a great topic and an important
topic. Our choices live long after we have left this earth.
I
think John Steinbeck gives us a clear distinction for this idea of choice.
“But the Hebrew word,
the word ‘timshel’ –
Thou mayest –
that gives a choice.
It might be the
most important word
in the world. That says
the way is open.
That throws it right
back on a man.
For if ‘Thou mayest” – it
is also true
that “Thou mayest not.”
~John Steinbeck – East
of Eden
You see, choices mean “yes” and sometimes choices mean “no”.
And
we hold it in our hands to choose which response to offer.
P Michael Biggs
Offering
Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word
at a Time
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