You may not realize this, but by every action we take at the present moment effect and forms the future into existence. In fact while I am writing this, new ideas are forming in my head, much like water that ripples out when a stone is thrown. The stone is a physical manifestation of our thoughts and the actions they set in motion are the ripples.
If I choose this, a certain consequence will be set in motion. Whatever choice we make a different future is created. There are countless paths which can be created from one choice. Every choice has a thousand other choice leading from it.
So life, you see is a big ripple, off another ripple. My question is what started the ripples, and how long can they last? Personally my thoughts and hopes are that they will last forever.