Decision making a huge part of life
Decisions! Decisions! We all have to make decisions. From the time we awaken in the morning (or whenever it is that we awaken) to the time we go to sleep, we are most likely constantly making decisions. Decisions as to what we are going to wear throughout the day, what we will have for breakfast ‘ the same type of decisions will probably be made later in the day for lunch and dinner. On and on throughout the day we are making decisions.
One thing I think is sort of ironic is lots of times we will say, ‘I’m not making a decision right now!’ We may not think we are doing so, but we are still making decisions. For some reason many of us think more difficult decisions are more easily made at a later date.
Of course parents make decisions for youngsters. When younger we may not have been allowed to make decisions for ourselves, particularly if they were major ones. I can imagine the diet of a youngster if allowed to choose everything he/she ate. Vegetables and other foods that would be beneficial to health and growth would probably be for the most part, going in the direction of all the sweets possible, candy, cake, and pie. Chips and pop can also be addled to the list. As a child I hardly ever got a soft drink, even though they were only a nickel a bottle.
Today people will pay as much as a $1.25 for a one liter when they may buy a two liter for ninety-nine cents. Isn’t it strange how things that were thought of as treats have become necessities? Things that were once thought of as luxuries have become necessities.
When we are young of school age we wished we could make all of own decisions. We longed for such time when we wouldn’t be told what to do. I am of the belief that this is one of the underlying causes of the school shootings and the shooting of the school bus driver that has occurred in recent years. All to often we are too impatient. When we want something, we want it now! Not next week! Not next month! Not next month! Not next year!
But now! NOW! TODAY! THIS VERY MOMENT!
Many of us older folks haven’t learned the importance or the technique of patience. Did you ever notice that the things we enjoy doing, the time we are doing them seems to take wings and fly by? However, these things we don’t enjoy doing and may be less glamorous, in our point of view, seems to drag on and on?
The things we decide to do, the places we decide to go, the people we decide to hang out with, and the things we wear may well have an effect in the formation of our character. When some people plant a tree, they often drive three or four sticks into the ground and tie the tree to the sticks with string. This is to keep the tree growing straight. If a tree is allowed to grow in bent state, it can never be straightened.
It is the same with humans. If they are allowed to grow up in every which way, and expect them to grow up to be good citizens with good character, we are expecting a miracle, are we not?