Reasonable Consequences

A course of action being reasonable does not mean you should be free of consequences for taking it.

Here’s an example: If I am walking with my child and they suddenly have a life-threatening allergic reaction, I will smash a store window to get an Epi-pen from inside. I will do this without hesitation, as it is a reasonable course of action if there’s no other way to save my child’s life. However, if the store owner later demands that I pay for the damages, I will of course comply. Just because my course of action was reasonable and necessary doesn’t mean that the cost of those actions should fall on someone else!

People sometimes get it in their heads that if the thing they did was justified, then that means they shouldn’t face any negative repercussions for it. That’s a silly, immature attitude. You are the captain of your soul, and the owner of your choices. You should make the right ones; you should also own the cost of doing so.