decision is the hardest action to make of every individual, when they’re in a dilemma, they just cant pick between the two because both are seem important – like cheeseburgers of jolibee and mcdo, both are mouthwatering and indulging, and you must pick between the two, pick in which is favorable to your mouth and satisfaction.
but decision making is not like that, its an analogy, a representation of what is on the reality, its beyond cheeseburgers, in which present and future are bet to a gamble of nature. its like choosing where to go, both are good and comfortable way but different destination and you will never know if you can reach the end of the road – jumping at the edge of the falls without even knowing the depth of where to fall. as Socrates said “an unexamined life is not worth living” why socrates said that? how can we examine the future if i choose this way? or that way? its a way of gambling to examine life (the future).
According to Logic, we can see the effect of the future by setting a foundation of the present, for example, placing a piece of paper on fire, makes the paper burned. every person stated to their mind that it is always like that. Like choosing or making decision, we are always basing the present to attain the future, but it is not always like that, because there’s other possibilities that might affect and it will lead you back from the start.
Carl Hempel explained to his work Studies in the Logic of Explanation by using the term explanans and explanandum; in which the explanans consists the antecedent and the general laws (e.g. a characteristics of the paper before and after), while the explanandum which is a event describing the thing to be explained, but not the thing itself, because Hempel rejected metaphysics (e.g. a paper burned after placing in fire, but not always like that, theres other possibilities might happen, a paper are wet and not burned, something like that), part of the unfolding direction of the society which prone to error and permanent changes of the universal context, a mere observation of the result is just a partly correct to satisfy only of the immediate needs of our mind.
decision making is somehow can relate to this paradigm of logical explanation, when we are choosing a decision between our dilemmas, logic is functioning, for example, il choose this because this is me after i decide to take this. but without even knowing the possibilities might happen during your way to reach your ambition – something very metaphysical which makes your logic illogical.
i think we are giving a wrong usage of what metaphysics is, im not totally negating or eradicating metaphysics, we are just giving a wrong usage. future itself is metaphysics, use metaphysics as a ground to define what to do, the right thing to do, the right way to choose, and the best way to achieve your ambition in life. like basing what you feel right now, the happiness of the present, the comfortable part, and what or who is your inspiration to have a concrete base to decide.
last night around 2:45am someone called in the middle of the night asking “ano nakapag decide ka na ba?” before i go to sleep last night, i read a nice book A emotional Intelligence, and realized something (using my heart and mind) which brought to my answer…. i said “thank you for the offer, im happy right now, the way i feel it is once in a bluemoon, i got a average grades at school, and like i said before to you nang humingi ako ng permission sayo to court someone, i have this girl, a nice girl which turns my dedication and passion stepped into next level, she’s my inspiration at my works to get a high grades (will to power in a sense), i know its a one in a million chance – like alignment of whole planets and the stars of the universe, so i choose to stay, to have this situation is unique in my 22years of my life” i answered. i know i can reach my ambition by preserving what is in the present, like what Confucius said to me while reading his Doctrine of the Mean “dont focus to your goal, but instead focus to the mean” i admire this quote, because you cant see the future without practicing your way. something gives us a strong foundation of the present and let the effects of your means lead you to your future, its not about letting your ambition in destiny, not que sera sera, but with effort, passion and dedication, the right track on your means.
now its all about preserving my best to stay with you or change my direction miles away from you? its all about my future or you? i have chose you. the decision that i would never regret. thanks to you, french proverb said “there is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience”. now i can sleep well this night, with happy face, with nice feeling, because of you.
