Free Will and Choice, we are given;  a Universal Law.

The freedom to choose.

But we often forget that with each choice comes an equal responsibility. 

The ability to choose. 

Most forget this. They forget to incorporate responsibility into the equation.

What comes with your choice, who do you involve, who does it effect? When it manifests, have you prepared for what you have chosen to attract?

Perhaps if we did, before we jumped at the Choice we might ponder it for a moment and decide that there was some tweaking to do before taking action.

More importantly, is to ask oneself, is my choice generated from my head, my ego or from my heart, my truth?

Yes, humans tend to mess up, mistakes get made and it’s often a return to the drawing board to review and edit and start back out again. All meant to learn from and improve on.

Yes, humans often jump back with  their hands in the air, impersonating Bart Simpson with, “I didn’t do it, no one saw me do it. You can’t prove anything.” When the reality they created, they’ve decided was more than they had anticipated.

And yet we know, it was the result of our choice.

However, just because we can get it wrong at times before we get it right, does that mean someone higher up is to step in and change the plan and remove the individuals power to choose?

If someone decides that humans cannot make good choices, informed choices and decide to veto a Universal Law, they have made a choice to rob people of creating and we are all creators and we are here to learn, to develop, to evolve. Is this choice truly for the greater good or is it for the convenience of a few?

There has always been examples of cultures, religions, parents, partners, governments who think they need to step in and decide for another. But as much as this appears to work at times, we also have seen where, more often than not, it doesn’t, as it is not meant to. Similar to when we tamper with our planet, with nature. 

The “Adjustment Bureau”, is an organization that ensures people’s lives proceed according to “the Plan” created by “the Chairman”

David and Elyse meet, there is an immediate attraction and yet it has to be stopped, because the plan was changed.

David disagrees and will not comply.

David

“What ever happened to Free Will?”

 

Thompson

“We actually tried Free Will before

After taking you from hunting and gathering to the height of the Roman Empire, we stepped back to see how you would do on your own.

You gave us the Dark Ages for five centuries.

Finally we decided we should come back in.”

“The chairman thought that maybe we just needed to do a better job at teaching you how to ride a bike before taking the training wheels off again.”

“We gave you the Renaissance enlightened scientific revolution, for six hundred years we taught you to control your impulses with reason.”

“Then in 1910 we stepped back.

Within 50 years, you’d brought us WW1, the Depression, fascism, the holocaust and capped it off by bringing the entire planet to the brink of destruction in the Cuban Missile Crisis.”

“At that point a decision was taken to step back in again before you did something that even we couldn’t fix.”

Time goes by and the plan…

Harry

“Most people live life on a path we set out for them. Too afraid to explore any other.

Once in awhile people like you come along…”

Value free will and choice, own the responsibility that partners with it.

Decide, design and don’t be afraid to go back to the drawing board and recreate.

This is your life, your plan, your destiny. 

When you let someone, something step in and choose for you, this too is a choice you have made. This too, is a responsibility, you own.

 

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