L`embarras du choix  

Posted by ~* ♥ Fallen Angel ♥ *~ in , ,

How do you make your choices in life? With your mind or with your soul? Do you sort the pro`s and con`s of a particular situation and, based on their relevance, consequently take a rational decision? Or do you rather have the tendency to analyze your inner feelings and act according to them?


I`ll give myself as an example. Partly because I am subjective and egocentric (like Faerydae pointed out, very well [I`ll comment on that as soon as I`ll learn how to accept it *LOL*] ), but also because I am the only person in whose behalf I can speak out loud. So... how am I dealing with the choices? So simple.... I study the problem from all the angles I can identify. I come up with arguments for each alternative. I put in balance the consequences and the effects on the long run. And having done that - I choose with my heart, even if it is in absolute contradiction with the "logical plan" :)


I wish the world could be divided in black and white. It would be so much more easier. But it`s not that easy. Whoever created the world and/or the man, played a very good trick on us. We are permanently dealing with gray tones, we`re always in between ...

Josh Groban - My Confession

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horatio salt  

we're opposite creatures, then. i listen to my instinct immediately. of course, i spend all available time up until the decision deadline fighting off every rational reason to override my instinct that pops into my head. then i commit to my decision when the time for making it is about to expire. and right or wrong, i never look back. man, what a flawed methodology that is... ;-)

March 05, 2008 9:43 PM
A's Journey  

Gray tones huh. I have a different theory. What I think is that the constant effort of keeping in balance the "white" an "black" is what make us think that there are "gray" tones.
But anyone of both sides alone, is not to be called "human" at all.

March 06, 2008 7:31 AM
Faerydae  

Well... I didn`t said that you are egocentric, just that you seem to lack some empaty, but that is very common in blogs (blogs are, generally, written from only one person`s point of view). Speaking about this post here, I admit that I am egocentric in deed, because I almost always react according to my inner feelings. What I feel is important for me. I learn first from what I feel. It is not that kind of egocentrism in which I only care for myself; it is just that... I trust in me before trusting others. That`s just how I am. About the other idea... I do believe in black and white, because for me, grey means also black and white, but in different degrees of intensity. And it is all about how we are capable of keeping the balance - that makes us be in between, as you said.

March 07, 2008 7:05 PM

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