Bill
17-04-08, 19:24
The other day I got a couple of plants for my mothers birthday on Friday. Last night we took her out for a meal but I'd completely forgotten to get a plant for the neighbours who look after our dog.
So I was faced with a decision. Give them the plants I got for my mother and get a couple more for my mother on Friday or face them empty handed and give them a plant at a later date. However, I must admit I liked these plants myself and would have liked to keep them!
In the end I felt happiest by giving them to the neighbours, get replacements for my mother and a couple for myself because I know there were alot of the same types where I bought them and I'll have time.
Anyway, it made me think about this scenario.
If there were 2 people, one man, one woman, both "equally ill" and you had the cure to save just ONE of them, which one would you save? How would you decide?
If though that you too were just as ill and you had to decide whether to save one of these 2 people OR You, who then would you save?
It's difficult enough to decide the fate of 2 people but could you let both of them die to save yourself?
If you saved yourself, could you then live with the guilt of letting them both die? Would the guilt make you feel SO bad that you couldn't live with yourself in which case ALL 3 people would die so then what would have been the point in saving yourself?:shrug:
It's always good to find a compromise so that you feel you've done your best for all you care about but sometimes I feel in life we are put into a "no win" situation and so we have to do what we feel makes US feel "happiest" which often means putting our "own happiness FIRST" and let others think of us as they like without beating ourselves up because we all have an EQUAL right to happiness and an EQUAL right to live!
No matter what we feel about ourselves, we should have more faith in our decisions and let our conscience be clear in the knowledge that we did our BEST, we did what we felt was RIGHT, we did what we felt CAPABLE of doing, ACCEPT that we have an equal right to happiness and ACCEPT ourselves for having good intentions.......... because that's all anyone can do!:hugs:
So going back to that scenario, could you let the other two die to save YOURSELF?..........if so, then you can also put YOUR happiness first too because you're JUST as Important as anyone else! You have the Right and the Power to put your Own happiness First and live YOUR Own life with a Clear conscience because that's what we have! - A Conscience because we Try to think of others so always do our Best.:hugs:
So I was faced with a decision. Give them the plants I got for my mother and get a couple more for my mother on Friday or face them empty handed and give them a plant at a later date. However, I must admit I liked these plants myself and would have liked to keep them!
In the end I felt happiest by giving them to the neighbours, get replacements for my mother and a couple for myself because I know there were alot of the same types where I bought them and I'll have time.
Anyway, it made me think about this scenario.
If there were 2 people, one man, one woman, both "equally ill" and you had the cure to save just ONE of them, which one would you save? How would you decide?
If though that you too were just as ill and you had to decide whether to save one of these 2 people OR You, who then would you save?
It's difficult enough to decide the fate of 2 people but could you let both of them die to save yourself?
If you saved yourself, could you then live with the guilt of letting them both die? Would the guilt make you feel SO bad that you couldn't live with yourself in which case ALL 3 people would die so then what would have been the point in saving yourself?:shrug:
It's always good to find a compromise so that you feel you've done your best for all you care about but sometimes I feel in life we are put into a "no win" situation and so we have to do what we feel makes US feel "happiest" which often means putting our "own happiness FIRST" and let others think of us as they like without beating ourselves up because we all have an EQUAL right to happiness and an EQUAL right to live!
No matter what we feel about ourselves, we should have more faith in our decisions and let our conscience be clear in the knowledge that we did our BEST, we did what we felt was RIGHT, we did what we felt CAPABLE of doing, ACCEPT that we have an equal right to happiness and ACCEPT ourselves for having good intentions.......... because that's all anyone can do!:hugs:
So going back to that scenario, could you let the other two die to save YOURSELF?..........if so, then you can also put YOUR happiness first too because you're JUST as Important as anyone else! You have the Right and the Power to put your Own happiness First and live YOUR Own life with a Clear conscience because that's what we have! - A Conscience because we Try to think of others so always do our Best.:hugs: