That we don’t make choices, that we’re reduced to making decisions, implies that choice and decision are not the same.
That’s explained by the fact we know that saying of two words that they are the same is nonsense, and saying of one word that it is identical to itself makes no sense.
What do you think? Is this true for you?
Either way, let’s look at decision and choice separately.
Choice
Beyond the shadow of doubt, choice is what you’re looking at: A word.
In that sense, it is no different to everything else you feel, see, hear, smell, touch, taste, and know.
To think choice isn’t a word presupposes that words have organs. But words don’t have organs, they are completely void of organs.
The one with organs is you, the word-user. And what the word-users do with words is we give them meaning.
We also make them unrecognizable for reasons only the grammarians know.
Infinite
Choices are infinite.
They include energy, planets, fire, air, earth, water, cells, 390,000 plants, 8.7 to 16 million animals, eyes, brains, words, word-users, light, dark, hot, cold, beginning, end, mountains, valleys, rocks, elements, muses, music, color, rhythms, dances, circumstances, Circum’s dances, feelings, sights, sounds, smells, touches, tastes, time to wake up and complain, time to wake up and not complain, every invention ever made, and everything not listed here, to name a few.
Yet some word-users that are fooling themselves pretend that we’re making choice. It doesn’t make sense.
But that’s not all that doesn’t make sense.
Word-users also mistake choice for possibility, opportunity, and option. At the risk of repeating myself, despite the fact that saying of several words they are the same is nonsense, and saying of one word it is identical with itself makes no sense.
We make decisions
Decision is Latin pronounced in English.
Had it been translated to English, it would be cut off. If it were cut off instead of decision, more word-users than now would know what it means. But it’s diffcult to turn the clock back to when Tyndale and Shakespeare invented English, so I guess we’re stuck with decision.
What do you think?
Imagine every flower on Earth blooming on a single field. That gives you an approximate picture of infinite choice.
Now imagine yourself equipped with a pair of scissors. You’re in the process of cutting off flowers for the vase on your dinner table. That gives you an equally approximate picture of decision.
When a lamb is lost in the mountains, it cries. Sometime comes the mother. Sometime the wolf. The same thing happens when you don’t know the difference between choice and decision. Because other word-users can take advantage of your ignorance.
You can decide between being kind and being right. Decide being kind and you will be always right.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. You know what you know. You’re the one who’ll decide where you’ll go.” – Theodor ‘Dr. Seuss’ Geisel
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