28 years of my existence on this planet has made me, among other things, sure of two facts. Succinctly put, they are 1. God loves me and 2. He doesn't trust my judgement. I feel so confident about it because of a fabulous analogy that exists here. I remember my parents used to explicitly tell me what to do and what not to, even when I was in college. I used to do things not because I wanted to, but because I was told or rather ordered to. My parents had faith in my abilities but not in the choices I made. So they finally stopped presenting me with any options. If they ever did, I always picked the wrong one.
Sometime in the last 10-12 years, I believe, God took up this job (of keeping me optionless) Himself. Must have been the result of my mom's countless no of prayers.
And I tell you what. God is doing a helluva great job.
I keep seeing people abusing their right to choose, all around me. Since they've always had it, they don't understand its importance. I do. Today I met this friend of mine who told me how fucked up she gets in the head with every relationship that doesn't work out. What really intrigued me was the fact that all of those relationships looked shaky at the very onset. I was about to ask this to her, when it suddenly hit me. There are some people who live their life like an intra day trader. Going long on something which seems profitable at that moment, even if its future looks gloomy.
But unfortunately, this is where the similarities end. While an intra day trader starts every day afresh, having closed out all his previous positions, it's diffcult forr a person to start a relationship with a clean slate. Also, most of the day traders refrain from trading when there aren't enough profit-making opportunities in the market, but when it comes to relationships, most of the people seldom wait for the right person to arrive. They simply go for the best one available and move on. What I mean is, even if you present them with three negative numbers, they would still consider the one closest to 0 as a "good choice".
What people normally fail to understand is, an option is a right and not an obligation to act. Not just in Financial Markets, but in real life too. And not choosing to exercise that right is also an option available to you. In fact, not choosing could sometimes be the smartest choice. The best thing of course would be to have someone filter away all the bad options available to you, but lets face it, God may not as fond of you as He is of me.
So don't let the illusion of choice fool you. Lack of options is sometimes way better than having a lot of options. In fact that's the biggest proof that God loves you. So next time it happens, instead of bitterly saying, "I have noooooo choice!!!!", look up, smile one of your widest smiles, say thanks and get yourself ready. Ready to return the favor one day.
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