That Choice Will Be So Clear
After three years, the American drama “Yellowstone” finally came to the update of the second half of the fifth season. Starting from episode 9, old Dutton went offline. For Yellowstone fans, this is somewhat sudden. It is rumored that Kevin Costner, who plays John Dutton, had to withdraw from the filming of “Yellowstone” to prepare for the self-directed and self-acted “Horizon”. Although it was due to objective reasons rather than the screenwriter’s intention, it also gave “Yellowstone” the effect of King Stark in the North going offline in the first season of “Game of Thrones”. Judging from the first three episodes released, “Yellowstone” did not end badly. Instead, because of old Dutton’s offline, it gave other characters more performance space. From the perspective of the overall drama trend, the plot still maintained its original standard. In the play, old Dutton’s departure was hard for his living children to fully accept, especially when the villain was pressing step by step and the ranch was in danger, the ranch suddenly lacked a soul figure. I think the confusion and worry of the characters in the play is also the worry of the entire production team, but the screenwriter seems to have found an answer to this worry, which is the dialogue between Old Mo and Casey Dutton at the end of episode 11.
I have to choose.
choose between my family and the ranch.
Don’t seem like much of a choice to me.
me, neither.
I don’t know what it means.
Choose how? Choose When? Choose…. what?
you’re not suppose to know yet.
When the time comes, you’ll know.
And it won’t feel like a choice at all.
It’ll feel like fate.
You’ll see it, and you’ll smile.
‘Cause the choice will be so clear.
I have to choose.
Choose between my family and the ranch.
To me, it doesn’t seem like much of a choice.
Me neither.
I don’t know what it means.
Choose how? Choose when? Choose… what?
You’re not supposed to know yet.
When the time comes, you’ll know.
And it won’t feel like a choice at all.
It’ll feel like fate.
You’ll see it, and you’ll smile.
Because the choice will be so clear.
This philosophical dialogue spoken by an old Indian wizard, in addition to being shrouded in mystery, is particularly convincing.
When fate arrives, we will not be at a crossroads, but on a straight road with no choice. We can only accept it calmly and move forward bravely. From another perspective, when we are often confused by choices, it is because fate has not yet arrived. All we need is to wait. Wait for the moment when fate arrives, the choice will become clear, and you will accept everything with a smile.
For entrepreneurs, in the long and challenging growth process, you will face countless things every day that require you to make decisions. Some things are clear, just choose yes or no, and there are some things that we cannot make a decision on immediately. These things are often very important. Because they are important, we will have the confusion of “how to choose, when to choose, and what to choose”. At this time, you might as well slow down, wait for fate to come, wait for the situation to become clear, and wait for the clouds to clear and see the sun or the black clouds to arrive.
Finally, I quote Mao Zedong’s “Ode to the Plum Blossom” as the ending. The choice of fate may be like the plum blossom. When the mountain flowers are in full bloom, she smiles among the bushes.
Wind and rain send spring home, and flying snow welcomes spring. The cliff is already covered with a hundred feet of ice, and there is still a beautiful flower branch.
Beautiful and not competing for spring, only announcing the arrival of spring. When the mountain flowers are in full bloom, she smiles among the bushes.
Published at: Dec 2, 2024 · Modified at: Dec 3, 2025
