Q142. What are the daily decisions we have to make?

Every day we are faced with decisions to make in our life. Shall I do this or that? Will he/she be ok? Shall I buy now or wait? How much shall I spend? When will I do it? When will I go? Which should I choose? Who should I choose? When will I retire? Will it work out? Based on our knowledge, tolerance level, material intelligence, and spiritual intelligence, we will make the right choice or the wrong choice. For which we will suffer or enjoy in the future. One day we will make someone suffer and another day it will be our turn to suffer. Many times, we will be placed in a trance and forced to act in ignorance, this is due to our past sinful actions (bad karma). The above list of decisions and problems are real and affects everyone. By knowing these possible situations in advance will help you to avoid some of them, and help you get through the others with minimum misery. “The five factors of action are: The physical body, modes of material nature, the various senses, various efforts, the Supreme. These are the five factors, which cause whatever right or wrong action, a person performs by his body, thought, and speech.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 18.14-15)

As stated above, things will happen to us based on our own efforts and sometimes by the will of God. This means that failure or rejection is many times the will of God for our own good.