To live a complete and full Life you must be decisive. Without you taking
a decision, you are going to make no progress.
But
decision-making is not a very comfortable process. More often than not, it
involves making uncomfortable choices. And you will try to duck taking the
responsibility and accountability for your decisions.
The
problem is not just with you. It is with all of humanity. And it is because of
our upbringing, our conditioning.
As children, parents have taken all our
decisions. What to wear, what to eat, where to go, when to play, when to watch
TV and so on. And then teachers decide what to teach, when to teach, when to
test and when to grade. Then it is the girlfriend or boyfriend who decides, and
then it is the boss, and often it is the government too! So, in effect, if you
have succumbed to that conditioning, that’s really the way you will remain. Indecisive,
always shirking responsibility and afraid of taking risks. And which is also
why you remain unhappy, muddled in the head and why you merely exist on the
face of the earth. You are not alive to the moment, you are not living a full
Life!
The
reason why you also dither is because you are fearing the unknown. The known is
so comforting. But an unknown experience, while it tempts you, is scary. Yet,
if you want to live fully, embrace the unknown. Decide to do what you have
never done before. Try it. And if you didn’t like it don’t do it again. And if
you liked it, but felt it is not the right or appropriate thing to have done,
then again, don’t repeat it! But if you enjoyed it and know that this what you
want in Life, go for it. It is only through deciding to live fully, by
venturing into unchartered waters, by experiencing the unknown and by deciding
which part of it you want to relive, without guilt, without remorse, will you
truly encounter inner peace and joy.
Apply this framework to any decision that you may have been
dithering on. You will then realize what living fully really means!
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