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You can Always Choose Something — Right, Wrong, Big, Small, or Whatever
There is massive positivity in knowing you can always choose something, no matter the situation.
I’ve had many experiences in my life where it felt like I had few to no choices available.
Or worse, there were choices — and they were all bad. Or at least felt bad and less than optimum at the time.
But so long as you are alive, you can always choose something.
It’s easy, however, to lose sight of this.
Many of the leaders of the world place artificial limits on us all. That’s because lack, limitation, and scarcity disempower the masses — while empowering a small few.
That’s part of why our fear-based society is perpetuated as it is. Fear is a great way to keep people in line.
And what better way to do that than by limiting choices? Reduce choices — or make them super narrow — and you have control.
For example — on the scale of American national politics — there are 2 parties. Often, that leaves people with an incredibly divisive choice. Then, both sides bash the other and tell you how much they will make you suffer (real and imagined) if they get power. And we’re so convinced that these…