Dave,
I like what you said, and I'd like to add my 2 cents to the conversation
at this point.
My take on Choice is that, like John says, there really isn't one, because
one will ALWAYS 'choose' whatever SEEMS the best choice, or the best thing
to do.
It doesn't make sense for me to say that I WANT to choose A, but I am
going to choose B, because whatever.
Whichever I choose will be the RIGHT one for me to choose at the time I'm
making my choice. It isn't possible to choose the WRONG one. Even when it
seems to us that we have chosen the one we didn't WANT to chose, we had
SOME reason to make the choice we did. Thus, no Real choice.
However, I agree with Dave that we ' have freedom and the ability to
.............. make conscious change' (I edited out the word choose).
I am saying that Choice is an illusion, A N D we can DECIDE to do A, or B,
this or that, good or evil, etc.
The reason I make such a deal about this is that I think our perception of
Choice often gets in our way of being mindful, aware, conscious,
responsible, cognitive about what it is we do. I think we sometimes
distance ourselves from our actions (our 'choices') by believing that
there is something out there, a choice, A or B, or whatever, that we can
CHOOSE between, while in my mind it's not out there, but _ IN _ us. In
other words, 'Choice' - as a concept, oftentimes makes us less
responsible, less connected, less aware of our actions, our motivation,
our presence to what we do. It sort of removes our ownership of our own
actions.
-- Trond Sjovoll Trond Sjovoll Leadership Consulting 6422 Hubbard Avenue Middleton, WI 53562(608) 836-5695