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There are times when I feel as though my life is on one of those old-time movie reels, and I am not talking about the film that comes from still cameras. No,
what I am talking about is further back. The time would be the 1890’s, “The Silent” movies. Although in the 1960’s, I can remember watching films of my family, that my father had taken.
I often wonder if our lives are set in stone, the fate of one’s life has already been decided or pre-ordained; like a movie. You can edit a movie reel. Perhaps we can edit our lives as well. Maybe the universe has a way of guiding us to a certain point in a direction that is more suitable for us. And yet, we do have choices on how we respond. Wouldn’t that be editing one’s life?
When I think about my life and how it unfolded; it does seem that each step brought me forth to another destiny. I am sure all of us have thought back on our lives and contemplated; “if only”…”if only I had chosen this”…“if only I had not chosen that, my life might have been….” I have thought if I could have edited my movie reel, cutting out some of my choices then my life would have been better.
The real question one should ask when editing the movie reel of life; “what kind of person would you be?” Would I be happier than I am now? Would my perception of life be better or worse or would I feel as though my life is a movie reel, still needing to be edited?
Even if our lives are set in stone we make choices on how we choose to edit our lives. Everything we are, at any given moment is a segment of the film from our past; what we choose to do with that moment is our choice. This moment of my movie reel…I choose to embrace my life.
By Linda Allen
