There are so many choices that one faces in their life, I would even suggest that throughout a whole lifetime there are infinite choices. I cannot think of a single arbitrary choice that I have made in my life. Each choice that we make is connected to who we are as individuals, it forms our personality, our present, our demeanor, our self-worth, our energy and our spirituality.
Everyday I encounter a movement that has taken hold in subtle and not so subtle ways. I have heard it called moral relativism, in which individuals choose for themselves what is right or wrong, instead of 'making good choices'.
Let me see if I can define this emblem of moral relativism; the other night, my wife and I were watching a show on Netflix and the plot of the show that we were watching was this: A man had recently lost his wife, and to cope with raw wounds of loss he decided to dress up as something that she had cherished while in this life, a clown. This man continued to wear this costume for months, eventually it started to affect his coworkers in the workplace. The HR department received numerous complaints and eventually it lead to some intervention, the man received an ultimatum, dress according to the dress code which he agreed to, or be terminated. He took this grievance to a lawyer (ok yes the show was Drop Dead Diva) and his lawyers main argument was that he was continuing to exceed his goals and that he was a good employee.
So the man wanted to dress like a clown and he wanted everyone to be ok with it. While watching the show my wife said something that was profound "So he wants to change his actions, but does not want the consequences." That is where, to me, moral relativism has its flaw. There are constants in life and when we make any choice, those constants push back, resulting in consequences, good or bad. So it is within our power to make choices, it is not necessarily up to us choose our consequences for the choices we make.
There have been many times the words "make good choices" have been spoken to me. I have also said these words many times. It is one of my favorite 'momisms' that I have received. To end, I would quote my mom and say,
"Make good choices"
