There comes a time in a young lad’s life where he must choose to act:
“Choose” is the most deciding factor.
The chance to act is sitting right there, but won’t just jump into your lap;
No, no it won’t.
But it will give you plenty of opportunity to act upon it, if you do just that:
Choose. That shouldn’t be all that hard, right?
All you have to do is take a step forward and grab, hoping it is not a mirage.
Mirages do happen if you are weary and weak.
And the cause of your fatigue could be a surprise even to you;
For we typically look past our greatest pains.
There is a throbbing need to act, but also a hesitation: an uncertainty.
Life moves in real-time when we choose.
We are doing something real; something uncertain.
There is no time to think when you choose.
Choosing is the tip of the spear, the first molecular dote.
It doesn’t quite know what’s ahead, because that is uncertain; unfamiliar.
Even familiar things can change.
Even familiar things can throw a loop in the sails.
“Oh.. is that a good loop, or a loopy loop?” One might say.
Yes, that is the question.
“Will I flip off a cliff if I step forward without recuse?
"What will happen to me?”
These are all things one might say.
Yes, things one might say.
Anyone can jump off a cliff at any time, they just have to choose.
“Oooof, that’s too scary!” Most folks would churn.
“It would be kind of a downer for all involved,” is conclusion.
Decision made. But most decisions are much more abstract.
They involve our emotions, our sense of self.
Who we want our person to be.
You know, that person inside.
“Hello Me!”
What does that person want or think?
What are those desires hiding deep underneath?
These are all questions a person may ask themselves.
But questions are a reflexion, not a means.
They sit and wait and linger; all they really do is take up time.
Acts themselves are question-free, broken from the shackles;
Broken from the shackles of contemplation.
Hesitation/Anticipation
Daniel James 2014
