a.........................................................................l i f e t i m e?
yes, it very much depends on what kind of a choice we are making. it would be disastrous if every meal was turned into writing a 100 page thesis. so, there must be some kind of hierarchy that our brains have learned, possibly through experiences, over the years for us to make decisions, to choose. this hierarchy helps us to make everyday decisions within a split second even. a choice made in a second may just affect ones lifetime.
a choice, by its very nature, concerns at least 2 possibilities. we all know more than often we can't have everything so, how do we make our choices everyday? how do we choose one over the other? or maybe the question should be: WHY do we choose one over the other? is it instinctive or carefully thought out?
the hierarchy: depends on where our priority lies. which depends on what we have come to deem as important in our life. which is pretty much a choice we have already made earlier on so...
the choice: possibly just a simple weigh of all possibilities presented. you choose the one that weighs the most in your heart.
some may disagree. it's more complicated than that.
but is it really? or are we saying it's complicating just to say it's excusable and to evade taking responsibilities for the choices we made?
maybe sometimes, it really is just that simple. you choose what's more important to you. period. you follow your heart, follow your instinct.
the instinct: our instincts may just be the one to betray us. the one to reveal our true hierarchy. the instinct is the one that helps us make split second decisions - to swerve left or right when faced with an imminent danger. swerve left, you take the direct hit. swerve right, you just let your best friend die in a crash. (i didn't make this example up, some psychology fella did)