With time, I made a lot of decisions. With some decisions, usually involving family, there was no choice. One was born into a family, although if it took time, my decision lay in accepting. While I started out with one way to make a choice, with time and a learning gift from a friend, I have four to five ways of choosing. At the end of the decision spectrum are decisions where there may be plenty of evidence, but no rational proof.
Initially, I thought all decisions were a choice. As I let Life guide, I discovered how certain decisions centered on accepting what was already decided. It was easy to accept my biological family. It was harder to realize how certain choices led me to being a part of a family – owning a Harley was one of those enjoyable discoveries of fact, not choice. It has taken me a time more fully appreciate and understand that I am a child of Divinity. I did not choose my families. I simply had the task of accepting the truth of what was already reality.
At the other end of the spectrum of choice are decisions where a universal acceptance of proof is not there. Take racing or a contest between two teams. Who will win the World Series? I know I will cheer the San Francisco Giants on, and I may have my evidence, but there is no proof. Who will win the English Premier League? For the same reasons, I know who I hope will win, but I do not have proof (yet). Many suggest that this choice is best described as a bet.
In this choice type, bets, falls my core belief. While I have a foundation for my choice because of the evidence in my life, in the end, I am making a choice based on belief (faith). Proof demands I trust myself, faith in love means that “Instead [I follow the psalmist], get help from the God of Jacob, put your hope in God and know real blessing!” (Psalm 146.5). My life bet.
