All Actions Have Consequences

Yesterday, I watched
as someone in a grocery store parking lot
didn’t return his shopping cart
to the cart holding area.
He, instead, left it
in a parking space.

Moments later,
a gray-haired, frail-looking driver
drove his car into that space,
crashed into the cart,
damaging his vehicle.

The gray-haired driver
bore the consequences
for his own actions
– not seeing the cart
and driving into it.

But he also bore
the consequences
for the lazy man’s actions
– not returning the cart
properly.

As Seth Godin
shares

“Our actions always
have consequences.
The question is:
who will bear them?”

Before taking an action,
think about
the possible consequences
and who will bear them.