Choices

My husband had a conversation with his cousin yesterday. She is at a personal fork in the road and trying to make educated decisions about her future. She is balancing out personal goals, with personality and passions and the choices she has to make are confusing and stressful.

As far as I am concerned there are a few choices in life that you make that are irreversible (choices in regards to procreation and the outcome, a child, for instance 'ARE' irreversible). There are, however, many choices that can be made with the information you have at the time that, in hindsight, might not have been the best course of action...that, in the long run lead you to the path of the 'right choice' or a if not the right one, just a different one.

One of the things that is amazing about life is that it is impossible to predict the future with any sense of certainty. We can plan, and set goals, but at the end of the day, week, month or year, outside forces can occur to change and reshape those plans. While I don't advocate allowing life to 'happen', I do believe that many experiences occur for reasons that, at the time seem unrelated to our dreams, desires and futures and then end up being exactly the right thing for us at the right time.

My advice on choices is to make the choice that makes you happy and motivated and gets you out of bed in the morning. The choice that you make if there were no one else influencing you. After all...it is your life and you need to live it you way.