Decisions

In a story, a character is faced with a string of decisions that must be made in order to move forward.  Our days are filled with decisions.  Do I want cereal or eggs for breakfast?  One cup of coffee or five?  Do I really want to run and workout today?  We face many a decision on a daily basis.  Some are small and insignificant such as those above, but some are extremely important and perhaps could even change the course of our lives.  Decisions.


I have been learning about decisions lately.  This has come mainly because I have been faced with important decisions.  What I am learning about decisions is that they should be made now without worrying about what the future may hold.  It is our naturally tendency to worry about the future and what is to come without focusing on the here and now.  We all do it.  If we are constantly living in fear of what may or may not happen in the future, then how will we ever truly live?  We will never make decisions in the here and now because our focus will always be looking ahead towards the future.  I'm not saying that looking ahead is a bad thing.  What I am saying is that it is a bad thing if we lose sight of where we currently are because we are trying to look too far into the future.  There is no verse in the bible in which God tells us to have a five year plan lined out.  Each day is a gift and there is no promise of a tomorrow for any of us.  We fear the unknown and we think by planning out our future, we will have some sort of control over the unknown.  This is far from the truth though.   We have no idea what our futures will hold and our efforts to control them are futile.  Try as we might, we can never truly control our future from afar.  However, we can make decisions along the way that could change our future.  Decisions.

For example, you could be in college months from graduation and already thinking ahead of what you will do after graduation.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but what are you missing right now because your focus is on the future?  You could be so set on having one particular job or living in one particular place.  There is nothing wrong with that but what are you missing right now because your focus is on one thing?  Decisions.

What are you missing out on right here and right now because you are focusing entirely too much on the future?  Our future is never certain.  Tomorrow is not guaranteed. When we truly realize that, we will start to make decisions today that have the ability to change the course of our lives.  Decisions.

Kelsey J.