The Road Not Taken

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Every day every one of us is faced with countless decisions and choices to make. These range from the very mundane, to the monumental. Most of the time we decide or choose in an instant with little to no thought of how this choice/decision will affect not only ourselves but others further down the road, only to later be hit with regret over the road not taken. For the mundane moments, there is likely little to no lingering doubts however for the bigger moments there may be. It's human nature to wonder "what if", what if I had done this instead, what if I had gone there, or "I wish", I wish I could do that, or I wish I hadn't done that. As jedi we strive to live in the moment. This of course leads many to the assumption that we do not consider the future effects of our present decisions/choices. This is of course wrong; we must always consider the repercussions of our decisions/choices. Consider them, but not obsess on them. Always we must weigh our options and decide based on wisdom, experience, and intuition. Life is full of roads that we travel down heading towards our future. Some tend to look behind themselves as the travel, allowing doubt to creep in. They wonder what the road would be like if they had taken a different turn, instead of paying attention to where they are heading. As jedi we must not allow ourselves to look back or allow doubt to creep in. We must keep looking forward as we travel doubt free and regret free. To do this we must block out fear from our decision making process. To decide out of fear is to invite doubt and regret in. When faced with a big decision/choice, consider the long term repercussions of each possible decision/choice and ask yourself "can I live with this decision/choice without regret?" If the answer is no then ask yourself "why?" Is it because of fear? If so then ask yourself what it is you're afraid of. Once you're able to eliminate fear you can eliminate doubt and regret about the road not taken.

Comments 9

  1. Michael Davidson
    wow... great sermon.

    The force is just teasing me at this stage XD
  2. Reliah
    I enjoyed this, very much. Thank you!
  3. Alexandre Orion
    Thank you for this ... Regrets are rare. Nostalgia and just a musing question as to what may have been the result, the resultant &c ...

    What have we missed ?

    Probably nothing. ;-)
  4. Jestor
    Thanks RyuJin...:)
  5. Donald
    Very well done!
    This reminds me of :
    [i][b]Therefore the Master takes action
    by letting things take their course.
    He remains as calm
    at the end as at the beginning.
    He has nothing,
    thus has nothing to lose.[/b][/i]
    Tao Te Ching 64 (S. Mitchell)
  6. Hypatia
    [quote]When faced with a big decision/choice, consider the long term repercussions of each possible decision/choice and ask yourself "can I live with this decision/choice without regret?" If the answer is no then ask yourself "why?" Is it because of fear? If so then ask yourself what it is you're afraid of. Once you're able to eliminate fear you can eliminate doubt and regret about the road not taken.[/quote]

    Excellent advice. I found this sermon to be very relevant to my life situation at the moment, thank you.
  7. Rusty Grenier
    Thank you for the timely sermon! I was just wondering about "A road not taken".
  8. Rick Clay
    Fear is one of those choices we are required to make. We can choose not to allow fear to influence our decisions, and in so doing we gain objectivity, and the freedom to think before we choose. If we need fear anything, it is not the choice, but the consequences of that choice. We cannot allow ourselves to be persuaded or coerced into making split second decisions on maters of importance. As with all else, allow the force to guide you.
  9. Mareeka Theodore
    Ty. Jonathan. Self inquiry is a powerful tool for decision making and for recognizing fear/ego. May we all fearlessly look at fear and release it for the greater good.

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