Adjustment Bureau

Tonight I watched an interesting movie called: The Adjustment Bureau. I was completely impressed. The movie gave me everything that I crave, especially the higher order of intelligence. The Bureau claims to make subtle changes to our lives so that we stay on our destined paths. They claim to do this because humans lack the ability to make selfless, good and sound decisions. The Adjustment Bureau gave several examples to further drive home the point of why they do what they do. Then I started to think about this crazy world that we've created. Our world now is based on "things", and greed and power. We over-consume our natural resources and take things from others whenever we want it. Then we call it war. Then we come back and call it peace.

What if there were a real life Adjustment Bureau? Would we be better? Would our world be better? So many questions gathered in my brain. So many scenarios become present in my pysche. Then amidst all of the what-ifs I realized that we should be so thankful for our free will. We are allowed to do whatever we want. We are given the freedoms and the corresponding creativity to send a man to the moon and connect with family and friends thousands of miles away within a few seconds. But what do we do with it? Are we being our best? Are we making the most of our free will? How are we using our free will to make our earthly home a better place?

Almost immediately I began to pray. I said "Dear God thank you for my free will. I will do my best to never take it for granted again. Please guide my steps so that I don't make selfish and wreckless decisions." Peace quickly enveloped my spirit as though God had been waiting him or herself to hear me speak those exact words. You see, NOTHING in this world is absolutely free. Yes, surfacely we are provided with free will, but with every action comes a reaction. How many times have we used our free will to be selfish for all of the wrong reasons? How many times has our free willed decisions caused harm to someone or something?

While you are pondering these things and I hope that you will at least give this some thought, I ask that you be thankful for your free will. Be thankful for all of the liberties and luxuries that you have now. Stop taking your blessings for granted. Stop mocking God with your selfishness and false sense of entitlement, as He/She owes you nothing.

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