You have chosen a very difficult to understand principle @bleujay :)
On the one hand, a person's independent choice is welcomed... in the world and with God, but only a person's choice of God's path is a good choice, and everything else is given to the will of God.

All the rest of the decisions we make are not from God.

My track record includes so many decisions and choices made by me personally that it would be scary to think about it if one day I did not know God.

Blessed day to you!

Yes, the peonies are magnificent, as are your photographs, I can imagine what the aroma was in the room when you took the photographs :)

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Good example with food, you eat a food but you might eat harmful food made with bad ingredients or with animal suffering on factory farms... The list is endless and when we choose we never think at every consequence

Have a good weekend my friend! 

"Peony and Piano" is an extra nice touch, but all of them are glorious. 

The principle is also very important ... this year I am choosing to *not be in company* with people who are looking to *not* be responsible for their choices. The Lord Jesus clearly told us to both count the cost and that we will be responsible for even every thoughtless word ... got to walk in accord with that and leave people not trying to understand alone!

I myself really like taking pictures of flowers like this, and it takes effort to find a beautiful place and go there to take the photograph.

Oh, beautiful roses in wonderful colors today! I know that I would choose them. 😊

It's like that, my friend, for better or for worse, the choice always has to be ours, nothing and no one should make it for us, because that's what life is about, being able to make mistakes and having the opportunity to correct that mistake so that it doesn't happen again, while at the same time improving as people.

An interesting approach, dear @bleujay. People make thousands of choices every day. They should think carefully about what they choose and what they don't choose. However, everything we don't choose is unknown. If I choose to go to the market today, something might happen to me on the way. On the other hand, if there is an earthquake, I will be lucky that I went to the market because the probability of death at home is higher.

Sometimes I have made a choice based on what I thought I knew, but it turned out not to be the best choice, but it was the best I knew at the time I made it. 

If you think you know all you should know about a decision and base it on that, it is sometimes a surprise when it does not work out well.

Too bad I have not always been smarter.  

Responsibility or choosing to live responsibly is one of the areas of life that many people never focuses on. I understand that knowledge can be hard, but there's really no way to choose responsibility without putting in the work that comes with it .

Great shots of the flowers

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(Your volition is yours, your power.)I totally agree with this phrase.)Some people say they are willful, and they are, but we must take into account the so-called side effects, which is why our will must be linked to our analysis and therefore our decisions.

Well then @bleujay this principle you have presented to us in your post really is quite a philosophical matter which requires some degree of deeper thought.

Volition and the human will are sometimes a complete mystery to me. Other times it all makes perfect sense. You are absolutely correct to highlight the fact that decisions, ownership and knowledge are all interconnected. 

We must take responsibility for decisions that are wholly within our control, and making the right decision must come from a place of knowledge and intellect. Without knowledge and wisdom we are susceptible to making too many impulsive decisions, which don't always turn out for the best.

My word I could go so much deeper into this, your principle of *know what you choose* also prompts a very psychological analysis because principle and psychology are closely intertwined.

As for the icing gorgeous photos of those flowers packed with real character and uplifting colours.
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You take some pretty nice photos...  I'm glad to see you're into Flowers...

Your peonies are gorgeous!  Peonies were my mother's favorite and she had a lovely bush in the center of the back yard.    My dad was mowing one day and not paying attention, he mowed it down.    I believe they nearly divorced over that lol.   Luckily, they did not :)



The principle seems particularly apt for today's world.    Think twice, choose once.    Thank you for the beautiful peony memory!

un saludo amigo y sigue asi con tus posts!!! un saludo enorme desde Argentina!

It seems like you and I are writing about the same flowers at the same time. Just yesterday I was posting about Peonies )) Have a nice day, dear @bluejay 😊

Those are beautiful flowers. Like you said, our choice has a way of shaping us in life. What we eat, career, marital. All the all the important aspects of human life are based on our choice in life. Whether we make it in life is also really on our choices, too.