Choices and Consequences...

"You can choose your actions, or you can choose your consequences, but you can't choose both." 

When I read that line in a book not only did I underline it but I stopped and really thought about it for several moments.  While we all know this to be true we often choose to ignore this fact.  Most of the time we have a good idea of what the possible consequences of our actions might be and yet we still try to manipulate those consequences in our favor.  Sometimes we get away with it and sometimes we don't. 

Sometimes the consequences last for a few moments or a few days.  Sometimes they last for a lifetime.  Sometimes they change our plans for the weekend.  Sometimes they change our plans forever.