The Rites of Passages

It is still an extremely common problem for people to confuse thinking for deciding and vice versa. For example, a person sitting down for a meal at the local pizza eatery may voice to her companion in consumption how terribly hungry she is. The two then peruse their menus. She flits from item to item reading in depth but never truly thinking about the item in context of eating it. Rather, she bounces from emotional tangents: 'I will never be able to cook items as tasty as these', 'I need to be working out more than I am', 'i like/dislike the color scheme they have chosen for this menu/table/napkin/curtain'. While this is certainly thinking (albeit problematic in its lack of direction and prioritizing), it is very far from deciding. Nevertheless, upon being asked by the waitstaff for her order, she replies,"I am still deciding." And that is how my wife inspired me to decide to publish the third edition.

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