Thanks for this! I've been rewarded so many times for doing a little research before making a decision. I figure you can either jump on the train the moment you see it, or do a little research to make sure that when you do jump on, you're on the right train.
I've been working with "time" lately, so naturally I see "time" in almost everything. To decide often feels bound to linear time implying an analysis of alternatives within a structured process. When we decide, we metaphorically "cut off" other options. Decision-making leans on a process strung tight along a linear frame. The past informs the future through a perception of sequences. On the other hand, choice slips through logic as if it exists purely in the moment. Instinctive. Inevitable. "To decide" sounds like effort wrapped in a construct of causes and effects. "To choose" seems spontaneous as if choice simply arises; implying ownership as a function of present time. We can act from of a sequence of determined causes, or from a place of possibility. That's a choice we have.
Thanks for this! I've been rewarded so many times for doing a little research before making a decision. I figure you can either jump on the train the moment you see it, or do a little research to make sure that when you do jump on, you're on the right train.
My tendency is to jump on too soon....in my more adult years, I am learning to do some research first!
I've been working with "time" lately, so naturally I see "time" in almost everything. To decide often feels bound to linear time implying an analysis of alternatives within a structured process. When we decide, we metaphorically "cut off" other options. Decision-making leans on a process strung tight along a linear frame. The past informs the future through a perception of sequences. On the other hand, choice slips through logic as if it exists purely in the moment. Instinctive. Inevitable. "To decide" sounds like effort wrapped in a construct of causes and effects. "To choose" seems spontaneous as if choice simply arises; implying ownership as a function of present time. We can act from of a sequence of determined causes, or from a place of possibility. That's a choice we have.