Decisions… Decisions

Yesterday I talked about the decisions or choices we make every day. How one should strive to choose the choice that make the world a better place. In presenting my ideal theory I briefly mentioned the fact that it would not be an easy thing to do. Well this morning my brain was thinking more about the difficulty of the decisions we make every day especially when they involve other people. The small choice that are relatively easy to make and the bigger more complicated decisions in life that present the real challenges. The ones that affect the other people in our lives whom we care about. These require more analysis and reasoned thought. When one analyzes the situation what is best for you may not be the best for the other people in your life. So you struggle to determine how important it is for you and how much it will impact those in your life. Although emotion will play into it a little, as we are human, I try to focus on the reasoning. Then I make a reasoned choice based on my careful analysis. But what about those times that your intuition is telling to do something that defies logic. Those are the tough ones for me. I am a believer in both scientific reasoning and intuition. To me intuition is often reasons your subconscious is picking up on that your conscious mind hasn’t yet. I have made decisions in the past based on my intuition and later the reasons and logic behind the decisions became quite clear. Intuition to me is not emotional. I am very careful to rule out emotions such as desire that might be the driving force of my feelings and ensure I am dealing with intuition.  Even then it can be a difficult decision if your intuition is telling you something that will greatly impact those you care about. For those of us who tend to put others first that can be easy to leave out or devalue ourselves. Take into account others but do not completely sacrificing self to do so. You are unique and there is a reason you are you.