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A Human Being Is A Deciding Being

It speaks to the responsibility that all of us assume by simply existing on this planet.

Madison Zoey Vettorino
Oct 09, 2017
Marist College
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A Human Being Is A Deciding Being
Madison Zoey Vettorino

If you ask me, fortune cookie quotes are a little bit of wisdom that you didn’t know you needed but most certainly did. Last semester, I cracked open a fortune cookie only to encounter this fortune: A human being is a deciding being.

While this is a seemingly simple notion, it is one whose meaning I have been turning over in my mind ever since.

A human being is a deciding being.

It speaks to the responsibility that all of us assume by simply existing on this planet; the responsibility to make decisions, and hopefully, ones that will be beneficial to not only ourselves but the people around us and to the earth. It suggests responsibility for what one does, and what one fails to do, and speaks to the intentionality of our every action.

It can be so tempting to succumb to the notion that our decisions do not have impact beyond ourselves, beyond our own lives, but if you believe that, you are pretty naïve. I prescribe to the notion that our decisions have an outward rippling effect, and every decision is tied to another, and those decisions are what constitute eventually our reality.

A human being is a deciding being, and every decision a human being makes has an impact, no matter how big or small.

As a human being, do not allow yourself to coast along, living life on the surface, just floating in the waves of your life. You have been given the most wonderful ability to do something about what you want for yourself and for the world. If you want for something, you fight for it, because you are the only one that can make it happen.

You decide it is worth the trouble to achieve it, and if it is, you will go about taking the steps to achieve it.

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