“You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result ”-Gandhi

Each day we are faced with so many decisions that we hardly even notice we are making.  Some of the answers just come so naturally.  When you go to the grocery store, you’re making decisions for your health and well-being.  When you’re walking or driving, you’re making decisions on which route to take, and you’re subconsciously deciding how aggressive or subtle you choose to be.  When you’ve arrived at your destination, you’ve made a decision to go there.  You get what I am saying.  So these are simple, mindless decisions, but what happens to the decisions that take a lot more thought, a lot more energy, and a much deeper thought process?

You pose the questions in your head.  What do I do? What happens if I do this? What happens if I don’t?  What happens if I consciously avoid this at all costs?  WHAT IF?

I feel like as of late, I have been forced to make number of those decisions... and thus far, I am relatively pleased with my decision making.  I feel like the decisions that we make reflect the type of people that we are, they reflect our strengths and our weakness, and above all, our ability to grow and learn.  I am not sure if I have stated this before, but I am not one to regret.  If I make a decision, chances are I am going to stick with it, and if I choose to take a different route, then I surely have a good reason as to why that decision was made. 

Here is a little story that I feel poses two enormous decisions.  I know, I know, I am talking about kids, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Ken Dolls; but read on, and you’ll see that there are situations in our adult lives that we are left wondering what to do... and believe it or not, relatively similar. 

So you are a mother of two children. You have a boy, and a girl.  You give the boy a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Figurine.  You give the little girl a Ken Doll.    The boy decides that he is going to give his sister the TMNT figurine because he feels that it is the right decision. The boy has other TMNT figurines that he can play with, and he does on a regular basis. 

So by the books of the Toy-God, if you give a toy away, you can no longer play with it, because if you do, that will make you a bad child, and Santa won’t come find you this Christmas.  The story goes on...

While the family is around, the boy plays with his other TMNT’s and completely disregards the toy that he gave away to his sister.  As time goes on, he beings to think to himself, that he really wishes he could play with his TMNT Figurine, but he knows that if he does, Santa will not find him.  So then his Mom and his Sister go out one evening and he is left at home, all alone to do whatever he pleases.  Because no one is around, he sneaks into his sisters’ room, and plays with the toy for as long as his heart desires.  He is satisfied and loves that he got to play with his TMNT, and no one will ever find out.

 Thoughts?  Should the child be honest to his sister, to himself, and simply say that he made the bad decision and face the risky consequences of losing more toys, or does he deal with his lack of fulfillment and continue on?

The mother, being extremely intuitive knew that her son was going to take such actions while she and her daughter were out.  When Mom came home, she discussed with her son what he had done.  Out of sheer disappointment, and a slight touch of anger for his dishonesty, she told him she was going to take away all of his TMNT Figurines.  Now the mother is left feeling extremely guilty, but she does not know what to do. 

Something to think about. 

Decisions are tough.  We never want to run the risk of losing everything, but why are we so apt to take the risk of being unhappy? 

When you have to put your foot down, and end the dishonesty, how far do you go?  To what extent do you know that you’ve made the right decision?  Do you allow the people around you to be gluttons, and have their cake and eat it too?

I think you get the point.

 There are often so many sides to a decision, and I think that decision making is an enormous part of who we are as individuals.  They teach us an enormous amount about ourselves, and believe it or not, they teach us a lot about the people around us.  When you are subject to others making good decisions and poor decisions, you are able to see what they are capable of, and that in turn affects your decision making around that specific person.  The magnitude of decision making is certainly undermined in my opinion. 

I feel like I could go on for days about decisions, but I think I have gotten my point across.  It’s a pretty interesting concept if I do say so myself. 

On a side note- operation awesome continues.  Life. Is. Awesome. So is this picture.