Every waking moment of our day, we are faced with choices; such is the gift and province of sentience.
Whether scurrying about at work - through interviews, writing, or assisting other staff - in my drive time, one hour each way commute, setting at this machine committing thoughts to screen, practising reiki, or nestled into bed, letting thoughts take me away, I, as with every other being, face a constant assortment of choices.
Our society, our world in fact, is facing acute choices, the consequences of which will reverberate through following decades. We walk an unknown path, with only the past as a reliable guide, vetting our choices, vetting the efficacy of alternatives, and how we choose will impact the lives of our children and grandchildren.
On a personal level, I make choices that hopefully carry me to a sound future. Choices of the path, sometimes not really choices, but reactions and survivorship, proved poor and harmful.
What I take away from this is the need to choose wisely, the need to find a framework that works, and operate with the framework as a guide.
That is not meant to constrain such that change is to be feared or shunned, not at all. Change can be embraced, if one has a sound framework with which to approach it - that we can face issues square on, overcome them, learn lessons, and thrive under new circumstance.
My writing reflects this sort of optimism, with characters that unabashedly go about creating a world they can be proud to live in. I try to live up to that aspiration now, in a way I never did before. I'll succeed at times, perhaps stumble on others, but the focus will remain clear, toward the future.
Whether scurrying about at work - through interviews, writing, or assisting other staff - in my drive time, one hour each way commute, setting at this machine committing thoughts to screen, practising reiki, or nestled into bed, letting thoughts take me away, I, as with every other being, face a constant assortment of choices.
Our society, our world in fact, is facing acute choices, the consequences of which will reverberate through following decades. We walk an unknown path, with only the past as a reliable guide, vetting our choices, vetting the efficacy of alternatives, and how we choose will impact the lives of our children and grandchildren.
On a personal level, I make choices that hopefully carry me to a sound future. Choices of the path, sometimes not really choices, but reactions and survivorship, proved poor and harmful.
What I take away from this is the need to choose wisely, the need to find a framework that works, and operate with the framework as a guide.
That is not meant to constrain such that change is to be feared or shunned, not at all. Change can be embraced, if one has a sound framework with which to approach it - that we can face issues square on, overcome them, learn lessons, and thrive under new circumstance.
My writing reflects this sort of optimism, with characters that unabashedly go about creating a world they can be proud to live in. I try to live up to that aspiration now, in a way I never did before. I'll succeed at times, perhaps stumble on others, but the focus will remain clear, toward the future.
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