Do we Always have a CHOICE?

Question

or sometimes the choices are but another set of problems disguised as solutions?

Answer 1

Choice... There is a consequence for every choice. It may turn out to be a solution with other problems or just another problem with no solution; but choosing not to choose typically causes more problems in the long run.

We are born into situations we do not choose: with a body, genes, assets, limitations, & personality we did not choose; parents and their histories, assets, & limitations we did not choose... and our choices, until we are free from this environment, are extremely limited and defined by this environment we are born into. We make the best of this situation we seem Thrown into, but there is a lot of shaping and molding of our personalities that is going on during this time that we have no conscious awareness of and so again... no choice. As we mature our choices and ability to choose will increase if we learn to exercise responsibility over our selves. We can not allow ourselves to simply blame our current state on the past we did not choose, but here and now we can choose to be what we want to be (within the limitations of throwness described above). Some problems can be undone as we search ourselves and our histories for clues to why we have such problems, but the focus must be brought back to the present and to solving the problem in the now... Here where we are free (if we are mature) and have the ability Now to make Choices to live life differently.

Problems disguised as solutions? Every solution brings its own set of problems. That's life. Which solutions/problems will you Choose in your life? May you take pleasure in the solving of the never ending string of problems that you have chosen to pursue.

Peace.

Answer 2

Yes, you always have a choice. Just remember to not let other people define the solution for you. You need to look it over and decide what is right and whether or not that works for you. Often the right solution is not easy and may involve causing problems for you and/or those around you. Usually the hard decisions are caused by the actions of others around us and when you decide they are wrong, how committed are you to doing the right thing. That can get really tough. But since when does life come without another set of problems. That's what keeps life interesting. As Maslow tells us, you must have the ups to appreciated the downs in life. That a life on an even keel is no life at all. That translates over to problems. Problems give us practice in being creative, test what we truly believe, and make us appreciate when times are good. Hope you come up with a good solution. . .

Answer 3

Not always. Sometimes the choices are made for us by others. Sometimes we are forced into a situation where we can take no action at all, and the choice is just a consequence of that indecision. Sometimes the choice that we make dictates a number of choices that follow, more or less automatically. Sometimes, someone we love makes a choice and we have to accept the consequences of that choice out of loyalty or even fear.

That's why it is important to make the decisions that we can, and do put as much thought into it as possible. Every time you say yes, you are saying no to a hundred to a thousand other things. It's a pretty heady responsibility!

Answer 4

There are some things happen to us in life that we have no choice over. Death of a parent for example. I believe that a lot of life events however are down to your own choice.

I was a social worker, sometimes, even in the most dire situations some people will make choices that seem bizarre to the rest of us. We found the last wet hostel in the whole of the county for a person with severe physical health and alcohol problems.

It was the East Coast of England in winter. He chose to sleep on the beach. Why? he was scared that one of the other resident's would steal his alcohol which had happened in a previous hostel. He would not accept anyone's assurances. It made sense to him because alcohol was the most important thing in his life.

Yes it brought about another set of problems when he had to be admitted to hospital the next day. There he was dried out but returned to drinking as soon as he left hospital.

And if you look at it from his point of view it made perfect sense. It was his choice and he had a right as a competent person (no Section-able mental health problems). Was it the right choice? Did he have a choice? I believe yes to both.

Answer 5

No we don't always have a choice. Especially if it involves the "free will "of someone else's choices.

On -Your second part of question -There are often symptoms and remedies disguised as solutions. Sometimes we don't get to the true cause -which you still might not be able to have a solution for.

Answer 6

Sometimes when you choose a choice of what you want to do that day or whatever it is you intent to do, does not come to be realized, is when frustration sets in and you have to put it aside. Let's say you want to paint the fence, and when you had everything in order, the water main broke, that is another set of problems disguised, that have to be attended to.

Answer 7

Choices are always set of problems, whether You close Your current problem, or complicate it.
And, yes, we always have a choice. People in WTC, although not knowing it, had a choice that morning - they could have stayed at home, risking being fired, they could have chosen to be late, to quit that very same day....but they didn`t. Perhaps some of them have chosen to go to work to clear the evidence of something wrong they did, others thought it would be the best day of their lives... My point is: they were not aware of it, as people often aren`t, but they had some kind of choice.
The terrorists also had a choice. They could have chosen to disobey their orders. They could have chosen to change their target. They could have chosen to fight another way.
And I must add, I`m not a fan of events like September 9th, or Hiroshima bombing, or NATO air-strikes against Serbia, or bombing Afghanistan, Iraq.... being taken as an example for everything. I know they are horrifying, but they are not so often. Or are they?

Answer 8

What you do is up to you, and each decision has a consequence, and through these consequences we make decisions in the future. Then again, there is this thinking: When the Big Bang occured, everything was set into motion. Right from the beginning, everything was already decided. What we experience, what we think at a given moment, even the moment life began on Earth, was decided at the moment of creation. I don't like this train of thinking, but it is hard to refute. The question is whether or not the Human mind is the one free radical in existance, since everythign else just does what it does without thought. Take care :)

Answer 9

The question of all questions!! This is life in a nutshell. Every choice we make in life has an after effect that comes with its own set of challenges. The wisest choices are made by the one who best predicts what the effects of a decision will be in the future.

Answer 10

We do, I think the factor is that our choices do not ALWAYS affect the outcome of the situation, so some say, because of that, we have no choices at all. A woman mentioned 9/11. Well they DID have choice. To run, or to pray, or to stall, to be silent, be loud, etc. It is just that these little choices dont always affect the big one. In some places in the twin towers, it wouldn't matter what choices you made, because you would of died anyway. So, we do have choices, yet they don't always affect the overall outcome
P.S I got the name Spatz because we had to wear them at school at one time. They just called them "Shoes" but they were really called spats. I told the teacher what they were called and she just laughed lol. The kids heard it to, so they call me Spatz. I liked the nickname, so i took it up.
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