Decide For Yourself
04/03/12 11:44
Behind every action is a thought, an emotion, or a combination of the two.
We live in a community of many, a world of billions of inhabitants. Very little of what we have or what we experience is dependent solely upon what we alone have done. We rely on what others do to provide for our own well-being. Even when we are grown and pay our own way, we remain in debt to those who have shown us how to use the tools, how to organize our time, and how to accomplish the goals we seek.
Whatever we choose to do or to leave undone impacts the lives of others.
As they say, “This is not rocket science.”
So what about me? What about you? What do we believe? How do we feel?
Have we reviewed the facts? Considered opposing points of view? Identified the basis for our feelings? Established a concept that represents our own vision of the truth? Reached our own conclusion from which there is no escape?
Or have we accepted the conclusions and stated feelings of others merely because they sound like the opinions of friends and relations, of media commentators, of co-workers, or of anyone else who we believe is important?
In the end we all know the right answer: We must decide for ourselves.
We live in a community of many, a world of billions of inhabitants. Very little of what we have or what we experience is dependent solely upon what we alone have done. We rely on what others do to provide for our own well-being. Even when we are grown and pay our own way, we remain in debt to those who have shown us how to use the tools, how to organize our time, and how to accomplish the goals we seek.
Whatever we choose to do or to leave undone impacts the lives of others.
As they say, “This is not rocket science.”
So what about me? What about you? What do we believe? How do we feel?
Have we reviewed the facts? Considered opposing points of view? Identified the basis for our feelings? Established a concept that represents our own vision of the truth? Reached our own conclusion from which there is no escape?
Or have we accepted the conclusions and stated feelings of others merely because they sound like the opinions of friends and relations, of media commentators, of co-workers, or of anyone else who we believe is important?
In the end we all know the right answer: We must decide for ourselves.