Contrary to my last writing, I have not been having a gin martini every night - or - even since that night. Yet, I could so choose to do so, if I wished to.
Choice is a complicated action in life. "The right to choice." What does it mean? If we can purely choose for ourselves, we obtain sovereignty. In today's world, this seems almost impossible.
Though you may choose to fix a cup of coffee, go out side on the porch and enjoy a cool morning peacefully, the neighbors have made the choice to hire people to come and tear up their yard on the very same morning. It is the positive and negative of life. A simple choice for self indulgence turns into a tug of rope. Does sovereignty only apply when it is a most important decision we are in the position of making? Believing we have a choice is a step towards sovereignty. Being and claiming to be the one who directs our own life is empowering and lonely at the same time. I can fully understand why the Queen of Hearts shouted "Off with their heads!" Our personal choices are in the direct path of another's personal choice. When you only wish to have it work out, become simple, not a war; what can a person do when faced with the choice of my way or no way? Most fables and parables reflect the life condition of choice. Does a peson choose to be the rabbit or the turtle? Does a person choose to be the responsible "son" or the prodigal son?
Are we both? Is it even possible to be both at the same time? Unfortunately, the norm is to combine the ying and the yang. Without making a clear choice we do not obtain a life of sovereignty. Sovereignty allows us self respect, self understanding and self dignity. Possibly even a bit of self indulgence. Take care of you; it will be the right choice.
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