Stop, Look & Listen Baby
To quote J.K Rowling: "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Decisions: Life is full of them. For example: Should you watch TV or do homework? Should you go swimming or go to a movie? Should you go out for a school team or get a job? You will never face a shortage of choices. You will need to make lots of decisions as you go through life.
You want to see something on TV, but watching TV will keep you from doing a homework assignment. Time is your real problem. In economic terms, you have a scarcity of time, not enough to do all you want, so you'll need to make a trade-off. This means you will have to choose to give up something to get something else.
When it is about TV or homework, your goal might be to learn the homework subject because you like it, because you need a good grade or because you need the knowledge for future success. Or maybe your goal is the fun of seeing a particular show, being able to talk about it with your friends or spending time watching it with family.
Bottomline is all decisions should be made by stopping and thinking about what your about to do. Should I go to this Uni party? Ive avoided them throughout my course? Maybe i should check it out? On the other hand, they're its being held at a club, theres gonna be people intermixing, drinking alcohol, is it possible i could be influenced by them?
Whether you're deciding to do your homework or watch TV. Whether you're deciding on if you should go to this party or not. You should consider what is your goal in doing this? List all the possible outcomes? Consider if the benefits outway the problems? From a partial third person perspective is this a good decision for you?
So how do you make your decisions?
Are they always in your best interests?
Do you ever regret them?
Whats your reasoning behind your decision making.
Stop, Look & Listen Baby
Stop, Look & Listen Baby
[quote="Seraphim"][quote="MuslimSister"]There's times in my life when I dont trust myself (or anyone else) to make a major decision for me...in such instances, I pray and wish that the decision is made for me from above.[/quote]
Does it work?[/quote]
Well, I've only recently started to try the 'sit back and let events fold themselves' strategy.
Only time will tell if it works.
Trick is not to be inclined either way. Which isnt always easy.
Stop, Look & Listen Baby
[quote="Seraphim"][quote="Ya'qub"][quote="Seraphim"]
Usually i...let my consciounce be my guide.[/quote]
you base your life on a disney song?
that's fair enough, but i'd base mine on 'hakunamatata' or at least 'the bear necessities'.[/quote]
lol! How is that a disney song? (ive not seen a disney movie since... well along time).
Hakunamatata is also a good rule to live by.[/quote]
http://www.amazon.com/Jiminy-Cricket-Your-Conscience-Guide/dp/B000FIN4D2
from Pinocchio
Stop, Look & Listen Baby
[quote="Ya'qub"]
http://www.amazon.com/Jiminy-Cricket-Your-Conscience-Guide/dp/B000FIN4D2
from Pinocchio[/quote]
Well thats interesting...
very interesting.
Stop, Look & Listen Baby
Its your deep conscience or you would call it consiousc making you write that in memory of pinochio.
Stop, Look & Listen Baby
When you have two conflicting voice one always tends to be stronger than the other (well it is for me) whether you choose to follow is your choice.
If both of the voices are just as strong as each other then go an pray, remain in that prayer position (even if it means sitting their all night) until one voice becomes stronger.
[quote="MuslimSister"]How many people have done an istakhara when making a major decision in your life had the right decision made for you?[/quote]
I did once but i had mix feelings. I had other stuff bothering me so maybe that might have interfered with it.
[quote="MuslimSister"]There's times in my life when I dont trust myself (or anyone else) to make a major decision for me...in such instances, I pray and wish that the decision is made for me from above.[/quote]
Does it work?