It’s either one or the other or neither of the two.
(Bob Dylan, in: Nettie Moore)
This post is a “note to self” that I would like to share with you. I was thinking about the nature of choices: Do I have to choose all the time? Can’t I just “go with the flow”?
Here are some thoughts, stuck together to form something reminiscent of an philosophical argument:
1. Life is limited.
2. I will not be able be able to do/try/experience everything. (from 1)
3. Therefore: There necessarily will be stuff I will miss upon before I die. (from 2)
4. The question isn’t whether choices will be made in my life. They will. (from 2 and 3) The question is whether it will be me who is making the choices and how I will proceed in doing so.
5. I am responsible for quite a lot of the crap that happens to me because I didn’t prevent it by choosing the right measures.
6. I am free to take credit for good stuff that happened to me because I chose the path leading there.
What do you think? Would a child soldier in Sudan accept this argumentation?
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
MindFul MiMi 10.02.07 at 12:13 pm
Hi there,
Choices are luxuries, or are they?
I wrote a post on that recently.
Have a look:
http://mindfulmimi.blogspot.com/2007/08/choices-are-luxuries-or-are-they.html
Honza 10.04.07 at 11:42 pm
This post made us think so much we wouldn’t know where to start writing a comment. Sometimes it appears that there are endless choices, when really there aren’t. A person’s experience and mental stability can render all the available choices useless. Likewise a somewhat limited situation could present a wealth of choices for a ‘right’ individual. In all we are a sum of our circumstance.