Choice

I was referred to this article:

http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0002408.cfm

It's very interesting. It talks a lot about choices and how, when searching for that one and only, it's not based on consumer choices, but on deeper qualities. And we're not really taught how to figure that out.

Another friend referred me to this:

http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice

Very interesting.

At the end, he addresses the difference between freedom and paralysis in choices. A fish can have everything offered it...but if it cracks that fishbowl, to see the world...the fish becomes paralyzed. We have to have limits in our lives. That's where the freedom comes. Or, the example of the kite. It's cool to see how high it can go, and thinking that letting go of the string will enable that, you quickly learn that it won't keep going. It comes back down. It's paralyzed.

I'm not being super eloquent, but I love these concepts. Read...listen...enjoy...share your thoughts with me.