Free Will

Life is no mere trivial pursuit.
Nor are there trial runs, casual attempts
to assess success or failures. There is
much to be gained by sensibly planning
and vetting choices. Spontaneity works
for the congenitally adventurous whose
goals are a moving feast of surfeit or
deficit, but for those dedicated to the
simple and quiet satisfactions in life,
prudence is always a wise choice.

Absent emotional reactions we can
aspire to be wise and rational beings.


Infused with a fair share of emotional
endowments life becomes complicated as
impulse slides toward compulsion. The
ordinary becomes extraordinary as we are
tipped toward the horizon of desire, into the
pit of despair, or elevated to the triumph of
achievement. We prosper and are pleased
with our unerring choice and direction.

Or fail, falter and reject the prizes that
have become an unqualified burden.