A Spark by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe from The Vision, chapter 17

Not knowing what you want is what makes the wrong thing look acceptable. Clarity works the other way round: once Innocent understood that he had to do what his heart wanted, a crowd of options narrowed to a few and one of them became choosable.

Then life took that choice away from him — passion intact, nothing left to pursue it with. He went looking for options, or for ways to make his own, and found another path, his right one. Options kept arriving even there: “some come to improve and establish your path, but some can cause you to stumble.” Their availability isn’t the danger; letting them “cloud your judgement and make you lose your way” is.

So the work was never collecting options. It’s knowing who you are and staying aware of who you want to be. Having few isn’t a verdict either, only a reminder that you’re not where you want to be. What settles who you are is what you do with them.