Present values preferred to future.
The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Present values chosen. · Present values preferred to future. · view the constellation · filed as J320
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6 finer motifs beneath it
Present possessions preferred to future possibilitiesDon't injure yourself to insure your family's futureMan to be reforged chooses present unhappiness. He is in heaven and God is to reforge him, but he chooses not to changeChildren choose father they know rather than real father they do not yet know. Woman confesses that child is not by her husband. Child, however, chooses to keep the father he knows. (Cf. J391, J1279.1.)Man prefers servant girl who is present to her absent mistressSoldier prefers to live rather than die and be avenged on enemy