Decisions

Making decisions is a lifelong endeavor. Sometimes they are lifechanging and sometimes they are trivial. Sometimes they are very easy to make and sometimes they are heart wrenching. The secret, I believe is to keep perspective. You have surely heard the saying, "Don't sweat the small stuff; and it's all small stuff."  I would agree that most of it is small stuff. Obviously those most successful in making decisions are those who have been able to line up those decisions with their destiny (Jeremiah 29:11). Recently (check date of post) those of us who spend any time watching television (at least in the midwest) have come to pretty much disdain a certain guru who is training some gullible kid in making meaningful decisions. Steak and Shake.


The other morning, I had finished my "bidness" in a clean public restroom and was faced with a decision. I realized as I contemplated my choices, that I had been at this same crossroads many times before and had made different decisions, depending on my mood at the time. When I was feeling conservative, which is most of the time, I found that I choose to help finish the nearly used one. When I felt tidy (not often), I would choose to use the one that someone had left hanging down, so it would be neat for the next person. On the rare occasion when I felt selfish and in an "I deserve the best" mood, I would open a new one. If you haven't peeked at the picture yet, you might be wondering just what decision was causing me such concern.  It's like when you are in your own bathroom and there hangs a clean, folded towel, a brand new unused towel, and a rumpled, but dry one that has only been used a couple of times to dry hands. Which one do you choose??? And more importantly, why do you make that choice? I have been known to skip that particular decision and wipe my hands on my pants as I leave. When you are driving on an interstate highway and approach an intersection behind a slightly slower vehicle. Do you go ahead and pass that car so you don't have to disengage your cruise control, or do you wait til you are through the cloverleaf area so you don't "trap" that driver in the right lane? I find that I am one of the few who pay attention to where I am while driving. I do lay back so that the other driver can get into the left lane to make room for merging vehicles in the right lane. I do believe that is the courteous thing to do and remember that is actually what the "Rules of the Road" or whatever other driving instruction you may use tells us to do.. However, I am overwhelmed at the number of times I am the driver in the right lane and some jerk comes whizzing by me or rides my left rear fender so I can't get over to make room for vehicles trying to merge onto the highway. I don't say this so you think I am such a wonderful guy; only to remind anyone to be courteous when making those decisions.
Which brings us back to the original proposed decision. Next time you are ready for it, stop and think about why you chose the one you chose... That should make the next person waiting to use the "facility" a little more uncomfortable as you ponder the important things of life.