For Every Action There Are Two Preparations?

I know! I know! That's not how the saying goes! I'm lucky Newton doesn't come straight out of the grave and hunt me down with a barrage of apples...so out of respect for the late smart guy I shall state his 3rd law of motion correctly, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction". But that's not what we are talking about today...so, now that that's out of the way...on to the heart of my rambling.
I started reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" from where I left off months ago (yeah...sometimes life gets busy), and in the book the author mentioned about how a carpenter's motto is "measure twice, cut once". I found this super enlightening when I looked at that statement across the board as it correlated to my life in different areas, and found how simple yet profound that little motto could be. Those things that I gave proper time to, thought about prior, double checked, etc. are usually the ones I excelled at...whereas, the things I don't visualize or think through first are usually the ones I find myself repeating, fixing, or redoing. For example...I always double check cars coming both ways before making a turn and never just rely on mirrors. I prevented countless accidents with the "double check" (though it only works when you are the one doing the "double checking" and in no way prevents people from "single checking" and pulling out right in front of you) which is probably why I hold the record for longest run of having no points on a license for a girl that is never home and rarely sits still and can think of many situations where she has pushed the envelope in motorized vehicles. I use the "double check" in many other daily tasks like math problems, setting my alarm, checking someone's name before I send a text message, and any writings I do (though sometimes I get a little carried away and might bust out the "triple" or "quad check" for some instances). Funny enough for many years I never followed the ACTUAL carpenter's motto when measuring, leveling, and cutting wood (thanks to my dad for eventually making me see the light)...but applied it in almost all other situations like it was my job. (Again completely being misdiagnosed as far sighted as stated in earlier blogs.)
Anyway...I was thinking how amazing it would be if people would use that theory in every day life for things like their words and actions...hence my theory would go like this..."for every action there are two preparations". I think if people would take the time to think about what they are saying/doing it would house the potential to avoid many regrets and create a sense of ownership of one's actions and words. This would remind people that they have the ability to choose how they react and who they become. Obviously not everything can be prevented, however, just caring enough to put in a little extra effort always goes a long way for you and the other parties involved.

PS: Sorry again Newton ('cause I feel after this post we would be on a last name basis) for mangling your theory.
PPS: If it's any consolation, I still think your theory is better!

Dear God I Should Have Been a Hippie Minus the Drugs and Smelly Non-Showering Stuff Rant

You try and tell me we are not all connected as people. From birth we by instinct copy what we are shown and see. Parents directly affect their kids behaviors. We learn from others around us...our actions are affected by what others do. Our likes and dislikes and fears and strengths are all connected to who we know and who we come in contact with and what we are taught. The beauty in this, is that we are all connected. I can hurt when you are hurting and care about things you care about and laugh when you are happy, or be strong when you are weak. On the other hand there is great disappointment when we never grow up from basing our lives on other people. Maturing means realizing that we are all connected, but understanding that the power lies in ourselves to choose who we are. Though we by nature follow what we have been taught and what we see, we do not have to stay this way...we choose to. Too many times people never actually get to that next step which in essence is taking responsibility for your own actions and instead blame everything on everyone else. It just irks me how people try to be independent and do things on their own...when we as people are not made to live that way...we want to be a part of something and share in people's lives and learn from each other...it's our human nature and is healthy but yet we blame everyone else for what we do. It makes no sense! Somewhere along the line we lose that good connection (due to hurts, etc.) and thus get so self involved making us reactive to our surroundings and forget that when we become adults, our lives and how we react is in our own hands as you are the only one that wakes up and chooses who you are each and every day. No one can control you unless you give them the power to. And once you understand that you control who you are, do me a favor and stop and realize that there are millions of other people still stuck in reactive mode in which your actions are affecting them and maybe take the higher road even when it's undeserved because you were once there too. I have officially changed my name after this post to be more in tune with the flower children. You can now all start calling me Morning Glori.