CHOICES...

"Deep thoughts" ( not by Jack Handy!!LOL)Where we are...who we are...is based on choices we have made, our parents have made and our ancestors before us. It's mind blowing to me to think about the odds of my parents meeting, falling in love ( even though my mother could barely understand my father) and marrying. A Greek man born in Mitilini Greece in 1923 with so much turmoil in the region at the time....surviving WWII, TB, overcoming amazing obstacles,finding his way to the US in 1955, knowing virtually no one here, not able to speak the language and yet he made the choice to come here...a life choice, a journey that gave me life. I can still hear my sweet Daddy's thick Greek accent and the words " sometimes in this life Marianthe....we have to take a chance!" Boy did he ever and I'm sure glad he did. To take these types of chances , takes faith and fearlessness. It's these types of choices in life I believe change the world and history. Our history books and even the Bible is full of people willing to take a chance, to make a choice. We all make choices everyday, little choices that shape the world around us, but how often to we snuff out those scary choices. Being that I'm going to be 40 this year, it has made me quiet reflective on my life and where I came from. I have made a few choices in my life that have dramatically changed my history...it may be a small part of history and only effect a few, but I pray I will be able to continue listening to the still small voice in my heart and make choices that matter. Many times I feel led to do something small that may seem silly. Maybe it's an act of kindness or writing a letter to someone. Now those things may not make a big difference, but I believe they help me stay in tune with the voice of my heart ( not the voices in my head LOL ). If I act on the small thoughts, ideas and feeling, I will be more proactive and ready to act on the big choices and things that take Faith. Who knows...maybe one small choice may turn into a ripple effect and make a wave or two!!! Who would have imagined that a boy born in Mitilini, Greece and a girl from Atlanta,Georgia would marry and bring me here.

Now the story is even more complex when you think about Michael ( my husband) and how he came to Georgia, how the choices made by those around him changed his life and eventually brought us together.

So the thought that is on my mind as I type out this post is....what choices will I make to change the world, to change history? I pray I will look back on my life 40 years from now and be glad I made the choices I did and listen to my heart....and seek God's guidance.

So....I will make choices and pray they are the kind that make the right kind of difference!! Big and small! I'm so thankful for my parents, their choices and their faith to make choices that were not always easy, but eventually brought me here!!!!

Sharing my heart with my blog friends.