I recently read, "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes and although I am still trying to recover from the story, I started to think about what it truly means to have liberty of choice. Each day we make decisions: we either want some fruit or we want ice cream; should we do the laundry today or should we just wear that one shirt that seemingly appears clean? Mundane tasks and important ones constantly change the rusty vision of our future. But, what about the choices we make that seem inexplicable to other people? How can you make someone see your choice through your eyes and not just the consequences that it will cause? In an ideal world, choices could be clearly separated into good and bad. Sometimes judgments are clouded and other people are hurt by it. Sometimes the best decisions are not so easy to see.

Sometimes the fact that we have the ability to choose is taken for granted. This singular fact drives our decisions that make our life and form the meaning within them. As college students, we are constantly trying to make decisions – albeit, they're not always the best ones – to figure out who we are and the person we ultimately want to become. It is difficult to think what life would look like if this liberty was taken away; if we depended on another person to make these decisions because we could not perform them either mentally or physically. This is why having the ability to choose is a privilege that should not be taken for granted.

It is important to remember that you do have a choice in every aspect of your life. No matter what situation you may be facing, there is a choice. You just have to be brave enough to follow your gut. If you have been waiting to call your family, do it tonight. If you have wanted to actively engage in the community, start looking up how you can do it. If you want to travel the world, make a plan and stick to it. Like Krakauer says in his book "Into The Wild, "Life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change."