Do you believe that your choices are free?

Do you believe that your choices are free?
Do you hold yourself responsible for your choices?

Life is full of endless choices, opportunities, new ideas and changing scenarios. To overcome the obstacles, we have to be ready to juggle the options that appear on our way. Every day, every hour, even every second, people make decisions. Small, large, important, funny, mundane, all those countless choices with the speed of light forever change us, turning the world into one that the second time will not happen ever again. Creating a world that is a wonderful, vibrant and ever evolving. What is choice? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary choice is the act or an instance of choosing or selecting an alternative action or possibility. In a very general sense the most important issue pertaining to choice is the possibility of alternative solutions, presenting a real opportunity to choose one of several possible variants. Another equally important factor is the consciousness that indeed the situation in which we find ourselves, allows us to take such alternative actions. Some of them are called life choices that determine the path of education, profession, choice of wife or husband just to name few. On a daily basis, however, we do not decide on such matters, but the mass of small decisions we make. Which product to buy in stores? Take a bus or subway? Have a cup of tea or water? They do not require special effort or strength of mind or any particular type of commitment. The dilemma of freedom of our choice becomes apparent in the case of the most important issues. In my opinion freedom of our choices is limited or not as versatile as it might seem. We can talk about the free choices when there are alternatives - the possibility of making a voluntary choice that is conscious, rational, thoughtful and purposeful. To me it seems reasonable to say that certain actions taken or specific behavior in a given situation has no connection with our autonomous decision,