The answer has been out there. For eternity.
Many must have found it before me and / or must be close to deciphering it.
For me, I got the answer during my morning walk.
In solitude, yes. But not in a meditative pose or under a specific tree or any such cliché.
Without much ado – The answer is…
Between our first breath and last breath – Life is all about the ‘choices’ we make and the consequences of those very choices. Nothing more, nothing less.
The more informed our choices are, the more predictable our consequences can be.
There is still an element of unpredictability but that could get negligible with practice and attention.
How much we invest in making our choices a ‘Conscious’ and a ‘Well-informed’ one is what matters the most.
Each consequence of the past choices made, presents itself with a few more choices to be made at every junction. This works at both, macro level and at a micro level.
At a ‘MACRO’ level, the possibility to exercise ‘our’ true choice ‘at all times’ is called ‘Freedom’.
If you are in a situation where you are forced to make some choices, they are also the direct consequences of some misinformed choices you might’ve made in the past.
Yet again, at this junction, you may choose to play victim OR accept this as a consequence of a mis-informed choice and NOW make an informed/conscious choice to get out of that situation at least for a brighter tomorrow.
At a ‘micro’ level, the choice to respond or react to a certain situation can be exercised.
We are thankfully equipped with a few basic tool-kit of emotions.
The point is we must use the right tool for the right job/situation.
If we make an incorrect choice of tool here, such choices will also have consequences.
Although at a ‘micro’-level, continuous incorrect choices made here WILL affect the ‘MACRO’ too.
So – that’s pretty much it. Life is all about ‘choices’.
Now, you are left with a choice to either
1) Accept this thought OR
2) Rubbish this thought.
Obviously, this choice will also have its own consequences.
The real question is: How informed are you about this choice you’re going to make?
Sriks (Who else?) 
I choose to accept the thought with er.. riders. It is a bit simplistic to assume that we are masters of our choices. Very often, the choices people we grow up with make or the people we live with make affect us by conditioning our minds and / or altering our life situations. Which means a choice I make affects not only my life but also those of people around me, some directly and some indirectly. And vice versa. Then about the responses .. tool kit of emotions ☺ Incorrect choice of tool cause permanent irreparable consequences indeed🤣 But then we are human and as a consequence impulsive; imperfect 😁 after all not all are capable of diplomacy.
And that is why Life is so colourful so happening so full of masala!!
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