Choices
Everyone tells you what you’re doing is wrong. You reflect upon their opinions, because you trust them. And they have been right in the past. You think things over, incidents, thoughts, future goals et al. And you realize that they might be right. Maybe what you’re doing is indeed wrong. But you enjoy it, so you continue doing it. You think, what the hell, just this once. Then I’ll stop. Of course you don’t stop there; you keep doing it, and then justify it to yourself by saying that you are the master of your own wishes and free to do what you like. And after all, what’s to say that your trusted well-wishers will always be right?
Then there is also the concept of individuality. What is right for one person may not be right for another. It is indeed possible that what you are doing right now, which is met with disapproval by others, will at the end of the day turn out to be the right thing for you. But you are not sure of that. The reason you are doing what you are is temporary enjoyment. And you know that as well as anyone else. Is that wrong? Is it wrong to seek short-term enjoyment, knowing that one day it will have to end and you will have to buckle down to serious business? Does everything one does in life have to pan out to a larger, more substantial goal?
Then there is also the concept of individuality. What is right for one person may not be right for another. It is indeed possible that what you are doing right now, which is met with disapproval by others, will at the end of the day turn out to be the right thing for you. But you are not sure of that. The reason you are doing what you are is temporary enjoyment. And you know that as well as anyone else. Is that wrong? Is it wrong to seek short-term enjoyment, knowing that one day it will have to end and you will have to buckle down to serious business? Does everything one does in life have to pan out to a larger, more substantial goal?
posted by Mojo | 3:35 AM
4 Comments:
I completely agree. It is more about living in the moment right? "People who know us very well still don't know us." - My philosophy ;) The small choices, even though wrong, until we make it on our own will probably never learn right?
Not everything we do in life needs to have a purpose that we necessarily know of!
Making choices is the result of arriving at decisions. But consider this...
"The process of arriving at a decision is a logical one, but the process of taking a decision is an emotional one."
A completely logical decision which is arrived at but not 'taken' by anyone leads to no action... while even an illogical decision, passionately taken by someone, always leads to some action... some change... some improvement eventually.
If the choice is truly ours, we are and will be happy taking it.
Another thought that starts off from here... We usually do not think of all the choices we have, at any point in time... there are many more than we realize... :-))
Hmmm...there's a thought there....
Jiyo har ek pal,
Seekho jivan jee kar,
har ek action mein,
kuch toh phal hai,
Zindagi aakhir ek safar hai!
On a serious note:
Life should have a purpose, which would explain your existence. This is who you are and want to be. But, doing right and wrong things may or may not meet the purpose, but thats what makes the journey fun. I would hate MOJO if she was miss perfect!
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