There are two oversized down-filled chairs in our living room right now, complete with their oversized ottomans - all in a beautiful chocolate brown chenille fabric. They look like two big friendly bears ready to embrace anyone who walks by. What I love about them the most is that our cat and small dog find them the most comfortable place to take their day-long naps. My roommate and I, however, are having a bit of a problem with them!
They were "cushy and wonderful" in the beginning, but as time has passed, our fascination with them has wained. Alas, after 10 months, we have finally admitted that we cannot get comfortable in them. They are too big, and two soft for our "not-as-young-as-they-used-to-be" bodies, and we need more support for our backs, and fewer feathers poking us in the bum.
So we found and ordered their replacements; two Lane rocker recliners, special ordered with a wonderfully soft fabric in, of course, chocolate brown. We are "patiently" awaiting their arrival. "Patiently" means that I've been in daily prayer for the wonderful people who are taking swift action, lovingly creating our special order so that they will arrive sooner than the estimated 8 to 12 weeks promised by the furniture store.
Our chairs are a perfect example of the life choices we make. We choose and then find we need to choose again because the first choice didn't turn out so well. At first my roomate and I felt a little guilty about getting new chairs to replace the new chairs we already own, but the guilt didn't last long. We knew we needed to make a change. We placed our new order. We learned from our first choice and soon we will be sitting in a new choice and having a new experience.
This is true in every part of life. We choose, we experience, we learn, and then we choose again if need be; and the cycle continues while we gain knowledge and experience through every choice.
I like to think of this as living in the flow of life. There is no need to live with a choice that no longer works for us, unless we choose to "hang in there" - in which case we can choose again, if we wish. We learn every time we choose. Morover, every choice we make is a blessing, even when we realize it was not the best choice. We learn from it and we choose again, creating another blessing for us to experience and learn from.
