Too Many Choices

One of the curses of our era is that we have so many choices in almost everything we do that it can be paralyzing. After making a choice, we wonder if we could have made a better choice. Then, of course, there is always the attendant guilt that comes from the contrast of our over abundance with the areas of the world where people have no choices. I remember a scene from a Laura Ingles Wilder book that made an impression on me as a kid: it was Christmas and the girls were thrilled with their Christmas presents, an apple and a lump of sugar.