68) Decisions

A good friend of mine from college recently enlightened me on his new philosophy on life. In a nutshell, the philosophy is that one should be confident in one's life decisions, because some good will always come from either choice. The stress over making the "right" choice versus the "wrong" one is eliminated. The resultant good may not make itself known right away, but one thing will lead to another, and somewhere along the way, something positive will rear its head.

This can be as subtle as having an interesting conversation with someone because you chose to take the bus instead of your car. On a larger scale, a choice to pursue a certain career path may make you realize that you want nothing to do with said career. But at least you know now. We are faced with so many decisions, from the minuscule day to day choices to the big life changing ones. It's not to say that thought and consideration should fall by the wayside, or that our decisions are insignificant. But keeping tabs on the positives and not treating choices as do-or-die situations may help us lessen the stress.