I've heard this over and over again..."You have options" and it's true. It does not add an inch to my character nor does it make me more of a man. It's just a matter of fact that can sometimes be a detriment to how people may view me from time to time but I really don't care as much as I used to.
Yet the truth is a bit more nuanced than that. Options for me are something I have cultivated over time with souls that I have come to know and love. These my friends are very few yet what gets lost in translation is the difference between options and choices. Before an option can become an option it was once a choice...an avenue open to me that I could either venture down or not. After venturing down certain roads, they have become options for me because they fit my heart and I fit theirs. Choices are not options and when people usually tell me I have options, nine times out of ten, they are referring to choices. It is best never to confuse the two...for the safety of everyone involved lol
I give you the old sailor's adage:
"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink..."
The sea is vast my friends and a thirsty man on a boat simply needs to cup his hands and take a drink. Problem is, if that water is not purified? He will die lol For the vast sea of choices at his disposal...he really has no options. Think about it...I'm done ;-)
~Moses Apollo
Yet the truth is a bit more nuanced than that. Options for me are something I have cultivated over time with souls that I have come to know and love. These my friends are very few yet what gets lost in translation is the difference between options and choices. Before an option can become an option it was once a choice...an avenue open to me that I could either venture down or not. After venturing down certain roads, they have become options for me because they fit my heart and I fit theirs. Choices are not options and when people usually tell me I have options, nine times out of ten, they are referring to choices. It is best never to confuse the two...for the safety of everyone involved lol
I give you the old sailor's adage:
"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink..."
The sea is vast my friends and a thirsty man on a boat simply needs to cup his hands and take a drink. Problem is, if that water is not purified? He will die lol For the vast sea of choices at his disposal...he really has no options. Think about it...I'm done ;-)
~Moses Apollo
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