Life takes twists and turns, constantly changing. Our lives are always changing, for better or worse. Changes happen big and small.

We hope we drive the important changes in our own lives. In general we do, but not always in ways we expect or in ways we are aware of. A decision or an action taken weeks, months or years ago might have changed your life. But it takes time for that change to become visible. By the time it becomes visible you may no longer remember what brought the change about. Which is why deliberate action and decision is so important.

The birth of your child looks like the moment that changes your life. But you took the action that changes your life nine months prior. The life-changing decision may have happened years before or not at all.

Your overall health is, in most cases, the result of many small decisions made over many, many years. Actively or not. Eating sugary food or not. Exercise or not. These are actions made or not made over and over over your life. The result is how healthy you are today.

Winning a marathon today comes from the deliberate training over many months before reaching the finish line.

Some life changes we have less control over.

What change in your life brought you to the place and time you first met your partner or spouse? Was it taking that job, going to that college, making that trip? Trace it back.

Your life could change forever today and you might not see it. Yet at least.