Life is a Series of Choices

Our life is a series of choices as to what thoughts or emotions we attach ourselves to, what we say or write, how we act, who or what guides our choices, and how we react or respond to the choices of others or to life's circumstances. Sometimes the failure to choose is a choice in itself. Some choices have no ethical dimension, such as choosing one flavor of ice cream instead of some other flavor. However, we face many ethical choices throughout our life with respect to deciding what is morally right or wrong behavior. We need to seek whether there are "universal" truths or values derived from perennial wisdom to guide us in making these ethical choices, or whether we are to be guided by "subjective" or "relative" standards or values, either our own or those of some other persons or groups?

You are invited to reflect on what or whose truths, values, or standards guide the ethical choices you make in your life.