If you ever get caught up in a theological debate about pre-determinism or free will, about being chosen by God or making the choice yourself, always remember this. No matter what the intellectual and philosophical answer you take as true, you had to choose that answer. You had to choose to go through that intellectual door and believe it.

 

You had to choose to call, to audition, to drive, to take the risk, to ask for her hand, to say goodbye, to stay home, to try out, to try harder, to give up.

There is always a choice and you always make one, no matter what. No amount of intellectual flights of mind can change that. It may be all is pre-determined, who knows. But in the meanwhile choose wisely.
 
Drawing and commentary © Marty Coleman
 
“Even if our choices aren’t free, we aren’t free to not choose.” – Claude Roy, 1915-1997, French writer and resistance fighter