Wow we are free to choose our actions, we…
Page 90. Wow we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of those actions consequences are governed by natural law.
— from Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences)
In the book
That sounds like a loss, and it is — but it is precisely that sacrifice that gives a choice its meaning, because if every option stayed open forever, none of them would matter. And here is the iron law underneath every decision you will ever make: you are free to choose your actions, but you are never free to choose their consequences — those are governed by a kind of natural law, and they will arrive whether you like them or not. So the promise of this chapter is a working method: how to weigh a choice well, how to be decisive without being reckless, and how to bring focus and forethought to bear — so that more of your consequences are the ones you actually wanted. — Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences)