Choosing What We Want or What We Should Do

I'm quite surprised to see a prompt like this at this time of my life, it seem like it's directed at me for the recent happenings in my life. For some time now, I've been made to question the freewill I am made to believe that I have. I realize how hard I struggle with some situations because I am thinking more on the consequences than me.

While that makes sense, it sounds like consideration or putting myself in another's shoe, it also makes me think I don't have full control the freewill that I have. We say we have the freedom to do whatever we want, go wherever we want, and become whoever we want. But when I think about it more deeply, I begin to question whether our freedom is as unlimited as we make it seem.

I mean, let's think about the times we've had to stop ourselves from speaking up so we don't hurt another, lose a friendship, be misunderstood or like now in my life where I have to make a decision but I'm taking so much time considering how it could affect my future. In these moments, I'll say it's more of the consequences deciding.

I believe one of the beautiful things about being human is having the ability to make choices. Unlike many things in nature that follow certain patterns, we can think, consider different possibilities, change our minds, and decide how we want to live. But the ability to choose does not mean we can do everything without limitations.

Choosing to not work is a choice, choosing to work because you need to sort out bills is also a choice. Both have outcomes and they are as a result of the choices made, we can't say the result is solely on the consequences. We decide at the very end of everything we think and want to do, no matter how forced it may had been.

One thing I have noticed is that many of our decisions are not necessarily based on what we want but on what we believe will happen if we follow our desires. While some of these consequences are real and reasonable, there are times when they are simply possibilities that we have created in our minds, they may not be real.

While I understand the argument that consequences can limit our choices, I also think it would be unfair to suggest that freedom means doing whatever we want without considering the outcome. Imagine a world where everyone acted on every desire without thinking about how their actions affected others. I sense choas actually.

I remember a video I saw where someone made a statement, "There's too much of I want to be me, there should be more of I want to be like Christ" as Christ showed a perfect example of making the right choices that benefit everybody around him, even those that don't know Him.

A balanced approach to freewill is understanding our desires, considering the consequences and taking responsibility. Freedom is not necessarily the absence of restrictions or consequences. It is having the ability to make choices within our circumstances and being willing to own those choices, no matter what the actions bring.