Responsible Choice By Brady Henderson I believe that one of the biggest challenges we face today is the problem of choice; that is to say, whether we are making productive choices or unproductive choices. Essentially, there are three groups of choice makers in society: asocial negative, asocial neutral, and asocial positive. Let's take a brief look at each of these. The asocial negative choice makers are choice makers who are mainly focused on making choices that give them a sense of power, control, creature comfort, or some other external personal pleasure at the expense of others. These choice makers are anti-community; thus, they litter their community with trash, violence, and a general disdain for authority. They have very low hopes for all people, with the exception of themselves. And, they lack emotional balance. The asocial neutral choice makers are the choice makers who are so tired of making choices, especially asocial negative choices, until they shut down and try to avoid making the inevitable choices that have to be made in the dynamic environment called life. These choice makers just want the world to slow down.; They simply observe and react to what asocial negative or asocial positive choice makers do or are doing. The asocial positive choice makers are the choice makers who are mainly focused on making the world a better place. They consider themselves as being in the world but not of the world. Asocial positive choice makers make choices that are productive and community building; they are pro-community and work for the betterment of their beloved community. These are the cleaners of society. They clean up the messes that the asocial negative choice makers create. They are emotionally balanced and have high hopes for all people. Below is a chart that graphically describes the above three groups of choice makers. Finally, I invite you to examine the figure below and decide where you see yourself on what I call The Asocial Scale. It’s a simple process. Look at the Scale and select the location on it that you believe best represents your position. Okay, here we go.... The Asocial Scale Now that you’ve completed the above exercise, spend the next few days observing your behavior and the behavior of others around you. Based on the descriptions of choice makers we have discussed, decide which category of asocial choice makers best describes you and those you have observed. Until next time...... 24
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