The Premise of Choices
(As seen in the story: “The Cotton Belt”)
Part of the premise in this book and story “The Cotton Belt;” is selecting options, choices in life, did we do, and did we grab what we wanted to do when we could have, and what opportunities were given to us? Most people say: I wish I had that if only, but there are so many if’s the person gets frozen and never gets to the main junction. Or I’ll wait a while and we’ll do it when the time is right, and the time is never perfect, and then when it’s too late, they blame it on circumstances. Or I can’t afford to do it, but they can afford to drink and/or smoke, or go out to the movies and eat out and buy this and that—in actuality, they could have had that items or wish they so claim they were beaten out of, the real fact being, it was never in them in the first place, they simple had other priorities.
People spend their money on things that are important to them, just like they spend their time on those same things, and they use up their resources on those priorities. So what these folks want is not what they’re ready to sacrifice for, because it is within their reach. They are selecting different choices, and should you make it possible for them it might happen, but it will not happen on their on. Josh in the story “The Cotton Belt,” is a good example of this, and so is Ashley. Ashley means what she says, and says what she means, and does what she has to do make it happen. Josh on the other hand, his boys near thirty-years old, he is not needed by him. He has received two offers to escape, one by Abram Brown, his brother-in-law, the other by knowing Mr. Hightower’s secret hiding place of some thirty gold coins. Instead of taking them himself, which he says wants to escape up north; he tries to get Toby to do it for him or with him. Ashley overhears part of the story of the gold coins, and she offers herself for the information of where they are hidden—thus, Josh sabotages his chances, knowing once he tells her, he will never leave, she will get the coins.
The question might come up—: under what circumstances would he have left his boys and high-tailed it to a safer state, perhaps none, without his boys, plus he was old and somewhat comfortable, otherwise he would have done it. And under what circumstances would Ashley not have run off as she did with the gold coins—again, perhaps nothing, meaning, she would have sooner than later, it was just that she grabbed opportunity, a matter of time. Nothing would have stopped her, even if the Civil War continued for other five-years.
If there is a message in this premise element of the book it might be: get to know yourself better, and you’ll have less regrets; and do what you’ve planned on doing if indeed you can do it, otherwise, forget it and just go back to what you were doing, and evidently, that is what makes you happy—even if you don’t know it.
(As seen in the story: “The Cotton Belt”)
Part of the premise in this book and story “The Cotton Belt;” is selecting options, choices in life, did we do, and did we grab what we wanted to do when we could have, and what opportunities were given to us? Most people say: I wish I had that if only, but there are so many if’s the person gets frozen and never gets to the main junction. Or I’ll wait a while and we’ll do it when the time is right, and the time is never perfect, and then when it’s too late, they blame it on circumstances. Or I can’t afford to do it, but they can afford to drink and/or smoke, or go out to the movies and eat out and buy this and that—in actuality, they could have had that items or wish they so claim they were beaten out of, the real fact being, it was never in them in the first place, they simple had other priorities.
People spend their money on things that are important to them, just like they spend their time on those same things, and they use up their resources on those priorities. So what these folks want is not what they’re ready to sacrifice for, because it is within their reach. They are selecting different choices, and should you make it possible for them it might happen, but it will not happen on their on. Josh in the story “The Cotton Belt,” is a good example of this, and so is Ashley. Ashley means what she says, and says what she means, and does what she has to do make it happen. Josh on the other hand, his boys near thirty-years old, he is not needed by him. He has received two offers to escape, one by Abram Brown, his brother-in-law, the other by knowing Mr. Hightower’s secret hiding place of some thirty gold coins. Instead of taking them himself, which he says wants to escape up north; he tries to get Toby to do it for him or with him. Ashley overhears part of the story of the gold coins, and she offers herself for the information of where they are hidden—thus, Josh sabotages his chances, knowing once he tells her, he will never leave, she will get the coins.
The question might come up—: under what circumstances would he have left his boys and high-tailed it to a safer state, perhaps none, without his boys, plus he was old and somewhat comfortable, otherwise he would have done it. And under what circumstances would Ashley not have run off as she did with the gold coins—again, perhaps nothing, meaning, she would have sooner than later, it was just that she grabbed opportunity, a matter of time. Nothing would have stopped her, even if the Civil War continued for other five-years.
If there is a message in this premise element of the book it might be: get to know yourself better, and you’ll have less regrets; and do what you’ve planned on doing if indeed you can do it, otherwise, forget it and just go back to what you were doing, and evidently, that is what makes you happy—even if you don’t know it.
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