Monday, August 20, 2012

The Risk of Choice

The surface of calm, midnight waters breaks and surrenders to the surrounding air. A fragmenting mass of liquid is launched into strange winds to kiss the evening breeze. Moonlight dances within the confines of rippling water. The seas give way to the skies just as hope gives way to change.

Each day we break the surface of our own waters, emerging from the depths of our own symbolic mediums, carrying with us the expectations that greet the constant change faced each time we take a step in a new direction. Every choice made is a conscious decision to gamble with the hopes we cling on to, putting our expectations on the line to be either fulfilled or denied. The paths we decide to follow are paved with either fulfillment or disappointment, and it is our uncertainty regarding the outcome of our decisions that renders every choice we make a risk. There is no escape from the every day risks faced as a result of making choices, for even those who refuse to make choices and embrace change have made conscious the decision not too. These reluctant few, however, are taking the greatest risk, for they will never know what they could be missing.