You Have A Choice

We live in a world that's in dynamic equilibrium. The forces that shape our daily lives are played out in the collective embrace of our choices.

The Chinese believe that the universe is made up of Yin and Yang Elements. Whatever happen at any particular time is the result of forces of Yin interacting with Yang. Yin refers to elements that are essentially feminine or exhibit the female characteristics. Yang is the opposite, and exhibit masculine traits.

Now that begs the big question? Is there a perfect Yin or a perfect Yang element? It all depends on the situation the person is in. One may show all the masculine sides this time, but may react every bit like a shy woman other times. It is this contradictory trait in the same person in different situations that makes it hard to believe that there exists a wholesome Yin, or a Yang character. The contradiction is not the result of psychopath gone haywire. Rather, it simply is not possible to find traits of either extreme.

Now that's exactly what brings about conflicts in this world. Because each is enveloped in different situation, each exhibits varying degree of either traits of Yin or Yang. The needs of each individual, vs his/her wants are manifestations of his upbringing and his environment. There is no limit to human wants, but there is a real limit to his needs. Everyday we are bombarded with media persuasion to get certain gadgets, or eat certain food that we do not really need for maintenance of our body metabolism and health.

With commercialization, we are sort of bought over to the ideas of merchants whose main objective is to increase sales of his goods and services. Here is one place where choices are plenty and the sanest and most educated may not make the correct choice for himself. What is right is often left to impulse.



Take the case of the new singing sensation, Susan Boyle. All these years, she did not partake in any contest with mass audience, until recently, when she picked up the idea to give it a go at the “Britains Got Talent 2009” audition. Guess what, she became an instant star. Nobody gave her any chance at the beginning. The audience, and the judges, chose to prejudge her negatively. How wrong they were. At the end of her song, it was a standing ovation from the crowd. What a stunning reversal, just a few moments before she sang her heart out.

What does that mean? Did she consciously choose that song “I Dreamed A Dream” to help condition her mind? Could be, but then again, if she had done that, she made the right choice.

Susan could have been cowed by those not so friendly remarks, those looks of disapproval. But she chose to ignore all these negative comments, and gave her all to silence her doubters. It was her choice, and she did it in grand style.

We meet a lot of such instances in our everyday lives. We can choose to look ahead at the positive outcome, or we can consign ourselves to defeat from the start. Choosing the latter would be really strange to me. There is no greater mental block than one's own.



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