As the title tells it all, I’m going to crown The Lost Choice: a Legend of Personal Discovery by Andy Andrews with this. At the time of writing I still have not finished this novel yet. But the meaning of Lost Choice does resonate with me.
I don’t think this will be spoiler alert because I am just talking about the theme but what is meant by lost choice is basically the idea that not choosing to act is a choice but it is a lost choice because by choosing to act you can potentially make a difference in the world by impacting others. That’s it, a simple concept.
How this touches me is in two ways. Firstly, I am somewhat of a passive person and there are lots of times when I do not act on my thoughts and intentions. I do not consider them lost choices normally because technically lots are just random thoughts and sure I might be able to make a difference in the world if I act on them but the counterargument is why me in particular to make that difference, why not someone with better skills, better time, better passion etc.? Secondly, co-existing with what I said above, I also personally believe in making differences in a small way. In fact, I tend to stay away from large scope stuff and just focus on small steps. That is how I operate. So technically I do make differences but I tend to focus on the small.
And this is all I have to say for now. You are welcome to add your thoughts in comments.
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