Time to Pay the Piper

Last week at The Conc­lave we dis­cus­sed the con­cept of Con­se­quen­ces.  Do you rea­lize that everything in life has a Con­se­quence?  Now, the word has a nega­tive con­no­ta­tion in our cul­ture but Con­se­quence could be a posi­tive or a nega­tive.  Defi­ni­tion says that Con­se­quence is…something pro­du­ced by a cause or neces­sa­rily follo­wing from a set of conditions.

So for every deci­sion and action, whether it is right or wrong, good or bad, we will expe­rience some level of Consequence .

Since most of our rea­lity invol­ves the nega­tive ver­sion of Con­se­quence, that is where we start.  Con­se­quence could be as mun­dane as touching the hot stove and get­ting bur­ned.  We lear­ned that  les­son early in life.  We could get a tic­ket for spee­ding, maybe written-up for a policy vio­la­tion, maybe dis­mis­sed for egre­gious beha­vior at our job.  In some ins­tan­ces socie­tal and gross legal boun­da­ries are cros­sed and we face legal reper­cus­sions for said actions.  We will pay the piper for our actions in some manner.

Some­ti­mes our Con­se­quen­ces come as a result of the actions of OTHER PEOPLE.  These can be the har­dest for us to deal with as they tend to do the most damage internally…to our soul, mind, and heart.  Simply put, when I screw up it tends to be easier to absorb the con­se­quen­ces.   Yet, when peo­ple vio­late us with their actions, such as abuse vio­lence, etc, the resul­ting felt Con­se­quen­ces can leave us woun­ded in the dee­pest reces­ses of our being.  These are not so easily mana­ged and can dra­ma­ti­cally influence how we go about our lives.

More to come…