These words (from a song my brother pinned some year back) describe perfectly the way I have been feeling lately. How amazing it would be if we could have everything just stop long enough for us to catch our breath and get a handle on two or three things.
The faster we run, the faster it seems we need to run! Is this reality or a simply skewed lifestyle choices as we try to keep up with the Joneses? It could very well be a combination, but somehow for me (as I reflect) I sense that part of my issue(s) are me not always making the best choices for the various scenarios I face.
For instance, I am not always the best at making choices when my family and my sanity/well being lye in the balance. My wife, mother, brother and sons always tell me that if I crash then the family suffers (and potentially crashes) also. Even with this info/trust of my family, I hear fear yelling out all of the worst case scenarios and simply tuck my tail between my legs, run back to the mud and continue slugging it out.
Am I completely wrong for this? Are my fears pointless? NO I/they are not, but nor are either completely accurate. Great, I'm back at this place where I struggle to make this decision...just the place I like to be. So what now? To be truthful, I am not sure. I continue to read, evaluate and encourage me to well - trust me! I am usually very good at making decisions and trusting my instincts, this just happens to be one of those 'soft spots' (no midsection jokes please!) that I will have to continue to work hard at.
Just like the "Mr. Johnson" story I told my colleague in this post, it is time for me to get up off of the nail.
How do you handle difficult decisions?
Matthew 6:25-27 - "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"
Blessings,
-d
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