DEAR CRABBY: Dwight Howard, Decision Maker

DEAR CRABBY: Dwight Howard is a manipulative idiot.  His back and forth on whether he will opt out of his contract with the Orlando Magic at the end of the year is disgusting.  He is selfish.  He should think about what other folks are going through.  Some people don’t have enough money to feed their children, and he is playing this so he gets very dollar he can and still gets to Brooklyn turning his back on the city and franchise that have given him so much.  Dwight Howard must be breaking every rule in the book as to how you are supposed to make decisions.  Please tell me all about it!   -Out of sorts in Orlando

DEAR OUT OF SORTS: I’ll tell you all about it all right.  Dwight Howard is choosing where to work.  It is his contractual right.  Maybe he is selfish, but aren’t you when you choose where to work?  Do you take into consideration the needs and wants of every person that could possibly be impacted by the situation?  Of course, I am sure you have no problems making decisions … ever.  I have problems with every decisions, even those of no consequence like which park to take the kids to.  I feel for Dwight.  This is a big decision for him.  He has many people telling him what he should do.  It can’t be easy.  Another thing that isn’t easy is being truly empathetic.  We need to try, though.  We need to try to better understand why people make the decisions that they do.  In this case it just helps us better understand what a man is going through while he makes a difficult decision.  In other cases it is much more important, because it helps inform really important decisions such as how o respond to terrorists or how to decrease the number of abortions.  So, rather than being so out of sorts try being more clued in.