Observations (3): Fiddlers and re-numeration

Good evening everyone. Welcome once again. I'm very glad that you're here and believe that you'll benefit from this chapter. You may even enjoy it. Well....some of you will, others will not. At any rate, I'm happy to see you here and reading. I'm providing finger foods and light refreshments tonight, so serve yourselves and find a seat.
I'm guessing that at least some of you are wondering about the odd title for to nights chapter. I'm even betting that my daughters know before reading any further. It's from an old adage that goes like this: "If you dance to the music, the fiddler has to be paid". Some I'm sure have heard that but some I'm sure haven't. It simply means that if you make decisions, either good or bad, (and we all do constantly) we have to live with the outcome of them. Sometimes the outcome comes in the form of consequences and other times it comes in the shape of reward. Sometime the result of a decision is somewhat gray in color and sometime it's very black and white. A couple of examples are: A young lady is either pregnant or she's not, very black and white, while in the same vein, one can question whether one's marriage was the best decision, something that can be black and white but can also be somewhat in the gray area. It's been my experience that if I make a bad decision and am able to hide the result I still have to live with that decision. It's in mind and heart always. This author has made His share of decisions, both good and bad, and has always tried to face the result, whatever that might be, with courage. I suggest that is a good course of action for us all, but first of all, I suggest that we, everyone, think carefully through each and every decision and choice before we make it, as best we can. Second, take responsibility for the choices. Don't try to shift the blame, if indeed, there is blame to bear. If we successfully shift any blame to someone or something else it only makes it more probable that we're going to make the same decision or choice all over again. Usually with the same result. Facing up to the responsibility makes it easier to make a better choice next time. Third, any decision we make we have to live with, but others often have to live with our choices, as we have to live with other's decisions. OK, enough. Just bear in mind that we you or I dance to the music the fiddler, indeed, ALWAYS has to be paid. A parting suggestion? Think, feel and pray, about every choice and decision of any magnitude.
...........And so it goes...........