There is no worst decision
than the one we never make,
which is not to be confused
with deciding to do nothing
or take no action
as those are still decisions
we would have made.
Why is it?
That, there are so many of us
that are simply
so utterly indecisive,
unable to take decisions
regarding our current lives
or our future.
Decisions to ponder, wander or wonder.
Decisions to nail, or blunder,
contest or tender,
waste or reap,
reach or press,
accept or reject,
rejoice or despise,
elevate or bury,
doubt or believe in,
pursue or avoid,
reverse or affirm,
lament or relish,
reluctantly take
or passionately embrace.
Decisions, decisions, decisions to make
about which paths to follow,
the alternatives we choose
or the course of action to pick.
Being decisive is hard and difficult
as it requires us to conquer
our worst insecurities and fears.
Decisiveness is a consequence
of resoluteness and determination
to bring matters to a conclusion,
one way or another.
Being decisional is the result or our readiness
to form actionable options
and to act on them,
through the selection
of the available choices we have.
Decisions always reap guidance.
Through decisions
is how the dynamics of life take place,
it is how everyone and everything,
for better or worse,
forwards or backwards,
moves and responds
in the circle of life.
In this context,
to decide is not a choice,
but an existential duty,
as without it,
we fall into a catatonic void
and our life takes place without us,
passing us by.
Decisions, decisions, decisions to make.
Decisions that overwhelm and suck the air out of us.
Decisions to take that keep coming
and never go away.
To be alive involves decisionism,
it is an imperative!
There is no way around it.
Thus, when a choice presents itself,
to form an opinion,
make a choice
or choose a path to act and follow,
take the decision
move on and continue.
Decisions are imminent choices,
we permanently must face,
as long as we are participants
in the circle of life.
Erasmus Cromwell-Smith
October 2020.
