Is there a system to explain it all, a rule encompassing the whole of life? Is there a standard, a principle applicable to every situation? We may wish there were. It would simplify the process, but life may be too complex.
There are some situations that are fairly clear, where choices are straightforward, with a yes/no option and the consequence of either is clear. The selection of a response is more automatic, but such situations are increasingly rare, and become more so as additional factors are included. Instead of being "yes-no," it has become "if this, then that, unless something else intrudes."
Simple answers are too simple, not inclusive enough of even available data or ready choices. There is still, however, a need to choose, to decide and not only about less significant issues. Better to say the choices we make are subject to reconsideration should the need arise, or should new information become available, or if we should change in ways that alter our perspective on the question. An issue's importance is not diminished by a reassessing of its significance; and if we permit an impermanence to choices, making them "just for now," it implies the "just for now" may last indefinitely.
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