tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667300728000905514.post1318285490833512643..comments2022-12-13T06:23:31.311-07:00Comments on Mo-Drash: The Origins of Apple-ness - Day #15rabbimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03977073523743946880noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667300728000905514.post-60696560043918633172011-09-25T21:51:28.266-06:002011-09-25T21:51:28.266-06:00Choosing to live seems simple. Choosing to believe...Choosing to live seems simple. Choosing to believe what is possible in life is what's hard. I know a guy who is very depressed, and thinks his life can't be any better. Every time I give him a suggestion about how he could do something about his various life complaints, he gives me a well-reasoned and complex explanation about why my suggestion won't work. And they are always based on an assumption that probably isn't even true, but he accepts as a given. When I explain how i can show him that he is wrong, or that there may be other ways that I could help him, he explains why he just can't allow me to do that. <br /><br />This is what choosing life means to me. Choosing to entertain the possibility that life can be really worth experiencing. A philosopher I once knew told me we either have what we want in life, or the reasons why we don't have them. Sometimes choosing life means choosing to have what we want, instead of choosing to have the reason why you don't.<br /><br />Now, what would be really interesting would be why we usually think we want to choose good over evil. You say, " God had placed before you good and evil, life and death ... Choose LIFE!"<br /><br />So..why do you only talk about the second choice God has placed before us, and not the first? Or are you saying they're the same thing?Larrynoreply@blogger.com