This is a profound statement to make. The first question that arises in our mind is: "Are we?" It seems we do not have choices and our lives are decided by others or by circumstances or determined by the unseen hand.

     Whatever we are today, it was because of the choices we made in the past. Consciously or unconsciously, we had made some choices, which landed us here, where we are, what we are. Nothing happens without our knowledge and cooperation. We fight or acquiesce. Either we make hard choices or choose easy options.

   We chose some books; we chose some friends; we listened to some lectures or to some music. We watched the sea, waves, trees and mountains, which made us an artist or a writer, a scientist or a philosopher. It is a search, a search for your true self.

    Finding yourself, your true nature. The core of your being. You choose what you want or what pleases you, what....