choosing not
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Examples
Power isn't doing something terrible to someone who's weaker than you, ... It's having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.
Immoral is choosing not to act when you hold in your hands the power to create perfection.
Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise.
No choice is the wrong choice as long as you make a choice. The only wrong choice is choosing not to make one.
By choosing not to allow parts of ourselves to exist, we are forced to expend huge amounts of psychic energy to keep them beneath the surface.
If he's choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn't respect your feelings and needs.