The Deciding Minute

Yesterday I was standing in a long queue for lunch in our food court . In the menu I saw some vegetarian dishes and non-vegetarian too. I had decided that I wouldn’t go for Non-Veg food for at least a month. There is a small story behind it, I love chicken and never actually bother whether it is grilled, smoked, tandoori or fried. I know my friends who eat more than one chicken at a time, but I can surely cross half chicken in one go. In this short (long: 27 years) time I might have ate (27 yrs * 12 months * 4 weeks, I know this number is less when u see my consumption level now, but I had compensated things to my childhood, so my average should come near to the multiplied value of the above said numbers). The souls of the chickens I ate might be lingering around me restlessly, cursing me to out grow my clothes as I still continue to hog them. Now you know the reason why I pledged myself to be a vegetarian at least for a month..............Hmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!

My position in the queue was getting closer to the counter. My brain and tongue and heart were having a World War II on the choice. When my tongue suggested going for N.V, my brain took a firm decision that I will stick to veg. I reached the counter, seconds passed like the decision making moment in reality shows . The guy at the counter stared at me, thinking what would be my choice. Okie, now brain tell him that I need a veg thali (Rice Plate (Not Reddy – Ref Quick Gun Murugan)) and I took my Sodexho card and told him “One Non – veg Combo”. Man what I said now. My brain became fierce ordering his fellow guys that they disobeyed his decision. Too add on complexity to my choice, this brain guy drew a picture of myself and made me aware that I will look like that if I continue to do like this. While walking to the stall, I don’t know if my right brain or left convinced other part that I won’t repeat this mistake again.

But intention behind this post was not about the choice war between my heart and brain; it was about the deciding second, the moment which I changed my mind to opt for a Non – Veg food. It is crucial, I thought about a celebrity who opted to go in a wrong way when he had a beautiful wife. I am sure that he might have gone through this dreaded moments of decision. His mind would have opted between the fame and status he had, and his family and on the other side his instinct. The crucial second he went for second choice to follow his heart, things went wrong. (By this narration I never had an intention to comment on him or the case on him. I used this statement to explain more about the Deciding moment in Life)

By this I never meant that it is always negative when your heart makes decisions (I know it is not logically correct, but I guess you might have got the real sense of it). When you are not sure about the outcome, I think it is fine to opt any of those but when you are sure about the after effects of the choice you are going to face it’s important to listen your brain that makes wise decision than following your instinct.