Sunday, June 23, 2013

Fear and decision making

Everyday we have a choice - to be proactively involved in making our own decisions or to just complain and suffer.Even in the most hopeless situations, situations that are  beyond redemption, we have the power of choosing - choosing our attitude.  You choose to be happy, you choose to search for the silver lining in the sky and you choose to have faith in universe.

Decision making, choosing proactively takes courage. You are the one who is going to be responsible for the consequences. Some decisions are forced on us, and then there are some we have the luxury of choosing. I am not too fond of choices , the pros and cons, the price  tag for every decision you make, you are not just selecting something, you are at the same time rejecting something too.
 Many times we procrastinate because of our fear of leaving our comfort zone.The false sense of security that comes with familiar surroundings and routine leads us to let time make its own decisions or others to  make decision for us. Decision making demands responsibility, it commands us to make commitment, to rise above our fears.Fears, our innate fears , our insecurities all guide our decisions in life. Most of the time we are not even aware that we are guided by our fears in making decisions.Nothing can be more emancipating than freedom from fear. The crippling, stunting emotion that is devil in action, Fear of loss, loss of someone close, of life, of self-esteem, fear of being inadequate.

The moment we include something in our life with our decision , we are automatically excluding something from our lives. Choosing is not just accepting something, it iis also rejecting something at the same time. If I am choosing a healthy life style, I am rejecting junk food. If I am choosing to be spend more time in reaching my goals at work, I am rejecting time spent with my family. Decision making gets more complicated and it helps to know the roots, the basis of our decision to feel assured that our choices are what we really want, not what we are choosing because of our fears.

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