But the other illusion is that we have unlimited choices - or at times any choice at all. And yet the choices we can make have consequences - another limitation! Life is finite. (Hey kids, money is finite too). We may not all reach our potential but I know we will all die. Freedom isn't what we think it is.
You're right. We don't have choices about certain things, they just are. And we do have choices about other things - but not unlimited choice. Wisdom feels like facing the facts in both of these situations, and learning how to be content with both their realities... and the chooses we ultimately make (when we do have them).
So true. Poor Icarus.
But the other illusion is that we have unlimited choices - or at times any choice at all. And yet the choices we can make have consequences - another limitation! Life is finite. (Hey kids, money is finite too). We may not all reach our potential but I know we will all die. Freedom isn't what we think it is.
You're right. We don't have choices about certain things, they just are. And we do have choices about other things - but not unlimited choice. Wisdom feels like facing the facts in both of these situations, and learning how to be content with both their realities... and the chooses we ultimately make (when we do have them).