Options A and B

This next passage is an excerpt from a journal entry I made a little more than a year ago.

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...Take a situation where two options are to be chosen from; A and B.  Option A is the normal action, it is well-known, stays the same, very consistent and predictable.  Option B on the other hand, is unpredictable and proposes a risk by its unknown results; it could end up better, stay the same, or become worse.  The clock is ticking.  Now to choose Option B, would that show signs of courage and fearlessness or does choosing Option B resemble carelessness and stupidity.  In the case of choosing Option B and ending up with a negative result, compared to Option A, the variable, was the choice bad?  You might say yes it was bad, but if the results had come out positive and better than the variable, would it be a bad choice then?  A person grows from trials and victories, so to hover in between the two with an ever steady result, aren't you hindering yourself from harvesting richer results long term?  Whether the results are good or bad for Option B it is different, unique, a ripple in the line of normality.  Option A certainly is not an unhealthy decision, but I found myself being a strict Option A kind of person.  Resulting from that sure I was happy but there was nothing unique or different to help me grow and make decisions for myself through.  Think about the important decisions in  your life; career, marriage, college, kids etc.  Of these very large mile stones in a person's life ALL are Option B decisions.  To be an Actor or an Author will take you through a tremendous amount of Option B gates.  The ENTIRE concept of love can only happen vicariously Option B decisions.    The ENTIRE concept of faith revolves around Option B.  To truly be unique, different, and special as an individual, you MUST feed on the trail of taking Option B.

So which kind of person are you?  How often do you consciously take the Option A route?  When are you going to start changing things for the better FOR yourself?

Option B