We're faced with a multitude of choices each day.  Many are relatively (if not totally) unimportant, with little (if any) long-term effect on our lives.

The January 4, 2004 issue of PARADE MAGAZINE had an article entitled, "When It's All Too Much" by Barry Schwartz.  This article examines primarily the magnitude of product selections available to us.  

     "Modern life has provided a huge array of products to choose from.  Just walk into any large supermarket or drugstore looking for hair-care products, and you'll likely be confronted with more than 360 types of shampoo, conditioner, and mousse.  Need a painkiller?   There are 80 options.  How about toothpaste?  You have 40 types to pick from.

     "It seems a simple matter of logic that increased choice improves well-being.  But, in fact, the opposite is true.  

So why don't we just forget about these inconsequential choices and focus on some really important ones?

Perhaps, as eluded to in last month's article, Puzzling Procrastination, we may choose to spend time deciding which color toothbrush to delay addressing the really important choices.

From the moment of our birth, our lives are perpetually defined and our direction refined by a continuing series of choices.  Each choice serves both to eliminate some possibilities, while opening up yet another whole series of possibilities -- each with their own additional choices, ad infinitum.  

Our choices illuminate our paths and the newly visible forks in the road that lie ahead.  We must not be paralyzed by choices, but motivated by the new potentials opened up as we move forward.

A qualified astrologer can help you prioritize, evaluate your options, and objectively determine which choices will bring you closer to your objectives.  

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