The More I Know

The more I understand how little I know...about life, about love, about well, pretty much anything. Life is all about change and choices. Each change reveals a new dimension about the world, about my world specifically, and about me individually. Each choice reinforces that old axiom which says, 'Every choice has ramifications. There are divergent paths. Say yes, you go this way. Say no, you go that way. and your path unfolds according to the answer you give.'
Even when we think we're not choosing...we are. We fool only ourselves when we say we dislike change and believe that if we keep living as we have, we won't change. The crux of life is knowing that if we are living, we are changing. We only stop changing once we've passed on.
So our choice is pretty simple. We either chose to rail against the change that is inevitable, or we embrace change, with the clear understanding that this is the basis for being human. Railing does nothing in the end, except show us our unwillingness to acknowledge a basic life-truth. Embracing, on the other hand, gives us freedom.
As we embrace the fact that life is change, we release the angst that comes from not wanting to change. Once we do this, the freedom that comes from unshackling that monstrous burden from our emotional selves, is revealing. We then stand, yet again, in front of a huge choice...because it is then we begin to comprehend how daunting that freedom can be. As we embrace it, we touch the edge of the responsibility we face with each choice we make.
Does this mean we will then make wise, correct decisions? Not always. But then, that's part of life. We can't always know if a decision is correct immediately. Sometimes, it takes time and experience to understand ramifications that were unseen at the outset of a particular decision.
This is why, in my opinion, some bury their head in the proverbial sand. Because of the "unknowns" that are out there. Amazingly, those unknowns are there whether you embrace choice or not. Why not embrace and look towards those unknowns as learning experiences? As life-molders? As opportunities to grow and become more than you'd realized you could be?