All posts tagged choice

Deliberate Choices

In his seminal work, Mere Christianity, author C. S. Lewis discusses the idea that each decision we make changes us. It turns us closer to or farther away from Good. I find that idea intriguing. If that is true, than I am not the same person today as I was yesterday. I am either closer toward God or further away.

Lewis goes on to claim that when we are closer toward Goodness, we know it, but when we are further away, we do not know it. He likens it to being asleep. When we are asleep,

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Why Do We Buy?

Why do we buy?  There are so many reasons, if we want to be thorough, but primarily, I think we buy things to solve a problem.  The problem may be that we need food, that we need clothing, that we need transportation, that we need medical care.  It may, of course, be that we need a gift for someone or that we need a pick-me-up.  Perhaps we need to maintain the items we’ve already bought or that we already own, such as an oil change for the car or a haircut.  No matter the reason, we all buy things.  We also usually have a choice about where we buy.  That choice is the crux of it all for a business owner.

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