Reaping and Sowing

How often do you think twice when you're about to make a decision? How often do you really consider the consequences of your decisions? If hindsight is 20-20, then what is foresight? For many of us foresight is simply, "Eh, whatever."
And then people say, "Why is my life such a mess?"
Well, if more of us considered our decisions with just a little more scrutiny, we might find ourselves reaping the benefits of better decision making. Every decision we make today adds up to the quality of life we live tomorrow. Consider your decisions through the course of your day as a piece to a puzzle. Each decision you make contributes to the completion of the puzzle (your overall quality of life). The cool thing is, you have the power to choose what the Puzzle will look like when completed. If your puzzle is coming together and looking like a disaster scene, then you get to decide whether or not you want to change it. Notice I said want to change it.
Your decisions lead to your rewards or consequences (Translation: you reap what you sow). If you are feeling more consequences than rewards, only you can decide to make change.
The whole point to Sowing and Reaping is simply so we can predetermine what our return will be for every action we take. It doesn't take 4 years of College to know that if you sow a tomato seed you will yield a tomato plant. Common Sense should tell you that if you invest your money into an account that pays interest, you will have more money a year from now than what you started with. It should be no surprise that if you exercise on a regular basis, you will be be stronger and healthier.
But let's look at the flip side - If you sow a pack a day habit of smoking cigarettes, you will likely reap cancer or emphysema. If you sow the habit of over-eating and not exercising, you will be overweight and out of shape. If you overspend you will be broke. Pretty simple and hopefully, pretty obvious.
If we just took the time to think twice about our decisions and considered the potential outcomes, we might, at the very least, be less inclined to follow through with our impulses and need for instant gratification. Now, I am not suggesting that we should form committees and deliberate over every single decision for hours at a time. I am suggesting that you simply think twice. Consider the possible outcomes for each decision you make. If your decision is geared toward a better tomorrow then chances are, you're making a good decision. But no matter what decisions you face just remember; You reap what you sow.