The big purse or the clutch?The pointed or squared shoes?
The silver or red top?This school or that?
This party or that one?
Let's face it. Decisions are hard to make in the first place (At least for me) but wait till you have to pick between two or three amazing options and only pick one. Now THAT is the pits.
When I'm in the store and I have to pick between 2 colors or 2 styles, if I feel greedy and obnoxiously foolish I'll just buy both. But there are many times in life when we can't just 'pick both'....it's got to be one or the other. But sometimes decisions are huge, life-changing. It's way more than picking a color. It affects when we graduate, the experiences we have, the people we meet, the way we view the world around us. Sometimes, it's a BIG deal.
Of course it would suuuper nice to have neon signs in the sky or maybe even those real angels on your shoulders to at least help you sort your thoughts. Unfortunately, our fairy god mothers don't come in bubbles to lead us, or in pumpkin carriages to take us away.
Maybe it's a good thing that some decisions are hard to make. It helps us choose who we want to be and get the chance to change who we might have been. Besides, a pumpkin carriage would rot after a while....
Sometimes I guess there isn't a right or wrong decision. You just have to be able to live with it. And I guess in that case it takes some faith to know that God will lead and help make the best of the decision you choose, unless of course it's reckless...in which case...well, obviously we live with our consequences, but you know what? God is gracious to us--even then.
This is so true. I used to slave and kill myself over decisions: "I need to graduate!" "This isn't following my life plan!" "Everyone will think I'm crazy!" "What if it doesn't turn out the way I wanted it to?"
ReplyDeleteYou know what's beautiful, though? Unless it's life or death, decisions can be changed. More often than not, if you make the wrong decision you can fix it if it goes wrong. Yeah, you may lose some time, but I'd personally rather waste time and learn a lesson than stay with a decision that doesn't ultimately make me happy :)
It takes some cojones sometimes to make decisions...lol and stand up to those people who you KNOW will give you grief about it. Cheers to being brave and screwing up sometimes...but living happily ever after in the end. :)
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