"There is Always a Choice.."

a qoute.. from the movie, fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer

although its a movie quote, it does have some depth to it..

think about it..there is ALWAYS a choice..ALWAYS..well, as some of u will argue, "no, just say that u have to pay off a huge debt u owe a loan shark, so u have to work 3 or 4 jobs.." well, ya, but there is still ALWAYS a choice..based on that senario, well, d way i can see it is, u can choose to work, or choose to not work..it is still a choice..

HOWEVER, its the implications that undelie d choices we make that is important..human beings are really remarkable creatures..we are able to plan n organize a sequence of events that we predict will happen if and when we make those decisions..so again, based on the senario above, IF we were in that situation, and we had a choice, we will naturally choose to work off d debt, y? because our brains are tuned to choose the best way which causes us the least or no damage to our well being..k, it is kinda based on psych theories, but i dont want to go into that..if you are interested, look at Freud's psychoanalytic theory..(btw, if ur thinking, whats with d loan shark analogy, well i just watched Ah Long Pte Ltd, so ya, it was interesting..)

anyway, im not saying that we should actually spend a lot of time to consider all d options, like based on the senario, u dont have to think about not paying, cuz it will lead to dire consiquences..(unless ur able to run away, and that is really difficult) but, we should try to not make such decisions soo automatic..like in the movie, Rise of the Silver Surfer (apologies to those who didnt watch d movie, u might want to skip this part) Susan Storm tells the Silver Surfer that there is always a choice after he says that he had no choice and had to do wat he is doing in order to save his planet or himself (i cant remember). so ya, there is ALWAYS a choice..

So, when we are in a situation where we HAVE to do something, like, "I HAVE to smoke cuz my friends wont talk to me if i dont.." " i HAVE to go have a drink to relieve stress.." " i HAVE to watch that movie because its a hit.." and so on, think about it, there is ALWAYS a choice..u dont HAVE to..think about the values of the things that u are doing..is it the right thing to do? is it what Jesus would do?

Cheers