For Every Choice, A CONSEQUENCE....

 

YES YES YES yow, to quote this from the UNKNOWN, 'FOR EVERY CHOICE, A CONSEQUENCE'.  Supposedly, this is NOT worth to be our thread today.  However, from time to time, I do witness that this unintended lapse continues to hound some of us [even WHEN the person himself is unconscious about it].  Point is, there is a need for us to preferably STEP BACK and look at the bigger picture💚💛💜

Let's take a literal example here.  Everyone must have heard of silos, right?  That was most prevalent during the Middle East turmoil in the past WHEN the western world [the U.S. to be precise] was trying to bring down those despots, Libya's Qaddafi and Saddam Hussein.  YES, we all know, those dictators had their tragic ends BUT are we all aware that most of the military plans to take them down included those missiles in silos providing enough cover to the covert operations.  YES dude, that's how the 'SILO GAMES' played out.  And as post-mortems, the U.S. forces were quite frustrated because they did NOT find the arsenal they thought those despots kept in their bunkers😕😕😕

Point is, even in our civilian lives, WHERE [possible], let us NOT replicate the 'silo-based' warfare tactics because if in war, it barely works, in our human lives, it is guaranteed doomed to fail, WHATEVER it takes.  Point is, a big chunk of decisions we make in life have their corresponding consequences.  That itself behooves that before we end up with decisions that may be more than just another casual one, we are encouraged to develop that thorough thought process, dissect all the PROs and CONs, figure out all the WHAT IFs and yes, DON'T get blinded by those 'best case scenarios' .  NOT to forget, those 'worst case scenarios' may give you that unexpected spoiler.  Then, things can go south pretty fast until you will be unable to handle things with enough control.  WHICH reminds me of impulsive decisions we make in life.  If it's those impulse things related to food and drink and where to go shopping OR 'malling', that's fine BUT WHAT IF your decision is quite consequential [e.g. WHAT IF you get enticed by those credit card promos offering zero-interest payment schemes if you buy and pay via installment], until you realized you've got a serious cash flow issue month after month, whew💥💥💥

Behavior-wise, things become more interesting.  Imagine if you got hooked before either with alcohol or even "OD's", then one day you attempt to stomp your foot down with alcohol.  Then, with so much idle time, you start figuring out HOW to spend that new-found idle time?  On the surface, the whole universe might look brighter BUT deep inside, while you are initially buoyant and happy, in some ways, there's something pulling you back to your 'OLD WAYS'.  Heard the frustrations of smokers WHO went that path only to still end up as smokers till now???

Our takeaway:  NO OFF-THE-CUFF decisions, please, WHERE POSSIBLE.  Unless you're into an emergency situation WHERE decisions need to be made within a minute, take time, even if that time is limited.  WHAT IF time lapses and you HAVEN'T made a decision?  Dude, let us NOT think that far ahead, else, we might get stalled by that 'analysis paralysis' syndrome.  Thing is, FOR EVERY CHOICE, A CONSEQUENCE...