What role does choice play in our lives?
I read a book somewhere that spoke about parallel realities. Every time we are faced with a choice, we make one and our lives go forward from that point on. But there is a possibility that the other choice is also made, and reality splits there so as to have two parallel tracks, with two futures and so on and so forth.
Sounds absurd, but at the point of quantum reality, science is absurd.
Nevertheless, in this track, we have to deal with the choices we make on a daily basis, and each of these choices has an effect on our lives. Big or small, but an effect nevertheless.
Here is something that I wrote earlier, on the subject. Hope you like it!
We are but the sum total of the choices we make,
so they say…
We choose our friends, from the time we set foot in kindergarten
through our school, college and beyond…
we choose the food we eat, some we relish, some we don’t,
we choose what we wear, and have our own personal style,
we choose the way we react to people, the way we take what they tell us…
we choose who to spend our lives with, based on what we feel about them,
We are but the sum total of the choices we make,
so they say…
We choose our friends, from the way they react to us, from the way they respond to us,
we choose the food we eat, based on what we ate as kids, with family…
we choose what we wear, based on the peers we move with, and ads on the television,
we choose the way we react to people, based on our opinions of them, and judgements about them…
we choose who to spend our lives with, based on mutual compatibility, heart and head working together.
We are but the sum total of the choices we make,
so they say…
But do these choices make us, or does what we are inherently lead us to these choices?
What comes first? the choice, or the personality?
The influence, or the decision?
Would we be different if we chose differently? How different would we be?
We are but the sum total of the choices we make,
so they say…
The choices we make shape our lives
the choices we make lead to our destiny
the choices we make affect everyone close to us,
the choices we make, determine our future.
So choose well, choose wisely,
for we are not just the sum total of the choices we make,
but we are the sum total of their consequences as well.