Don't move. Decide.

From the moment you wake up every morning until the moment you fall asleep again at night, your life is filled with choices. Your first choice is when to get up, will you start running the moment the alarm goes off, or will you zonk for a few minutes and pretend you are still unconscious? What will you wear? What will you have for breakfast? Will you drive to campus or take the bus? Which assignments do you choose to complete? What will you have for lunch? Will you play tennis, basketball or swim today? How will you spend your evening? Will you study, relax at home to watch Hallmark or hang out with your friends?

You face these decisions everyday. But on some days, you face choices that are bigger than these. You make choices that can change the entire direction of your life.

What will you study? In which degree will you enroll? Will you enroll in a double degree program or not? Will you live at home with your family or will you move out? Who will you get engaged with? When do you decide to get married?

While you are making your decisions, other people are making theirs. And some of the decisions that other people make will have an impact on your own subsequent decisions.

When we are faced with major decisions, we usually go through a process of weighing out options, looking at the pros and cons, and trying to evaluate the best course of action. Of course you can choose to act impulsively, which is another kind of decision that shapes your life, for better or for worse. The problem is, sometimes you will not be given sufficient time to evaluate your options; or to avoid making up your mind.

Would you make the right decisions? Would you have the courage to even choose one of the others? If you make the decision today, would you wake up tomorrow and change your mind?

It is a sympathetic sight, don’t you think; as we see our choices lying there waiting, waiting to be chosen.