There are times when we are tired out of deciding which is the best for our lives, we think that there’s no solution for some problems so we feel we are in a dead end.
According to Savater in chapter 2, our behaviours on deciding on such things are conditioned by “orders”, “customs” or “whims”.
Orders come to our life when we are children, parents do not tell us why we have to do it, but just do it! Customs are born with us and it is just like that, we cannot choose anything. Both orders and customs come from the outside, that is to say that we are not free to choose.
But on the other hand, whims are what we like, or we prefer to do, we have no reason to do it. Sometimes we react in a way in some siuations in oder to go against others.
Reflecting on this, in difficult situations we cannot indulge our whims but try to do what is convenient for us without forgetting others.
We have to learn to think twice before we make decisions that can change our life forever.
According to Savater in chapter 2, our behaviours on deciding on such things are conditioned by “orders”, “customs” or “whims”.
Orders come to our life when we are children, parents do not tell us why we have to do it, but just do it! Customs are born with us and it is just like that, we cannot choose anything. Both orders and customs come from the outside, that is to say that we are not free to choose.
But on the other hand, whims are what we like, or we prefer to do, we have no reason to do it. Sometimes we react in a way in some siuations in oder to go against others.
Reflecting on this, in difficult situations we cannot indulge our whims but try to do what is convenient for us without forgetting others.
We have to learn to think twice before we make decisions that can change our life forever.
2 comments:
Well, Giyo, I'm particularly tired today, so your first lines really grabbed nearly all my attention... :-P! As I read them, I thought "Thank God we have customs and orders, or we'd have to spend all our time making decisions!!!". Then we can focus on some decisions, though it's really hard to predict which decisions will actually matter in the long run, don't you think? For instance, the day one of my friends invited me to have some "mate" at her place (quite a silly choice, right?) ended up being the day I was introduced to the man who later became my husband! Can you see similar "choices" in your life if you look backwards?
LOL,
Gladys
PS: is it clear to you that, as Savater puts it, we're not making a choice when we follow our "whims"?
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