I spent the afternoon and the early part of the evening yesterday feeling very powerless, feeling I had no control over what is happening in my life and blah. And then a miracle happened. I went to a seminar I am attending and learnt a very important distinction about life yesterday - The Power of Choice.
Decisions, they say are after careful consideration while Choice is choosing freely after considering everything. Now that's interesting. Isn't it? So when one takes a decision, the power is transferred to the reason that favoured the decision. Car A because of better fuel efficiency or Car B for better price. The power in these decisions are because of the fuel efficiency or the price and not because of you.
In Life, of course, if the power is with someone or something else, then we don't feel great, do we? Here comes the Power of Choice. When you choose something after all considerations, for what it is and what it is not, the power, my friend, is with you! The minute I got this, I started feeling so much better and so relieved :) - the power of choice leaves the power with me, not in semantics alone but in reality. When I choose someone or something in my Life for what it is and what it is not, I take accountability for it completely - the happiness I get from it and also for how it makes me sad because I chose freely despite and inspite of the considerations!
Just looking at things like this has opened a whole new perspective for me. I choose freely after all considerations and still choose you for what you are and what you are not!
The Power is finally with me!
Decisions, they say are after careful consideration while Choice is choosing freely after considering everything. Now that's interesting. Isn't it? So when one takes a decision, the power is transferred to the reason that favoured the decision. Car A because of better fuel efficiency or Car B for better price. The power in these decisions are because of the fuel efficiency or the price and not because of you.
In Life, of course, if the power is with someone or something else, then we don't feel great, do we? Here comes the Power of Choice. When you choose something after all considerations, for what it is and what it is not, the power, my friend, is with you! The minute I got this, I started feeling so much better and so relieved :) - the power of choice leaves the power with me, not in semantics alone but in reality. When I choose someone or something in my Life for what it is and what it is not, I take accountability for it completely - the happiness I get from it and also for how it makes me sad because I chose freely despite and inspite of the considerations!
Just looking at things like this has opened a whole new perspective for me. I choose freely after all considerations and still choose you for what you are and what you are not!
The Power is finally with me!
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