Making Our Best Decisions

[caressa]

DAILY OM

Marinating
Making Our Best Decisions

Sometimes when we need to make a decision, we can become overwhelmed or feel pressured into coming to a conclusion immediately. Often, a decision isn’t required right away, and the sense of urgency we feel is merely a limitation that we’ve placed upon ourselves. Once we’ve determined that we do have the time to make a wise choice for ourselves, we can release the pressure with a deep breath, like steam from a pressure cooker, and proceed to make the best use of our time.

The best first step may be to gather all the facts we can find. Once we have all the logical information we need, we can allow ourselves to sit with it and soak it up. Like a good recipe, we can allow ourselves to marinate in the juices of intellectual understanding while also adding our own spices made up of our feelings, our intuition, and any other considerations. We can taste the recipe for readiness as we go in order to decide if more time or ingredients are needed. We might want to take time to visualize ourselves playing out the various scenarios to see which feels the best, remind ourselves of our goals, or merely sit silently in meditation, listening for guidance. Any of these techniques can add depth and flavor to the recipe of our decisions.

We can allow ourselves to sit with our choices for whatever length of time is needed, whether it is a day, a week, a month or longer. Doing so gives our hearts, minds and spirits the chance to align, allowing us to make a decision that is right for us. Other times, we may need to let the wisdom of the universe unfold for us at its own rate, allowing our growth and realizations to sync up with the universe’s secret and essential ingredients so that all of the flavors are ready at the same time. When we allow ourselves the time to sit and allow understanding to sink in, we can cocreate the best decision possible for ourselves and for everyone involved.

What do you think?

[caressa]

This reminds me of my friend Pat who always tells me, "Put it out to the Universe and see what you get back."

I was told that God wouldn't do for me what I could do for myself. I am also reminded that God does sometimes say "No!"

I can't make something happen, but I can do the foot work and things will happen when they should. As a friend told me a long time ago, "You may be ready but just maybe all the players and circumstances aren't in place."

When I first saw this and thought of how many times I marinated my mind with alcohol and then tried to make a decision. I didn't know that it was the alcohol making the decision not me.

How can I have any knowingness when I am shoving the feelings down, ignoring the situation, and running from the solution instead of embracing it?

I was told by a friend several years ago to sit at a table with a pen and a piece of paper. When a thought crossed my mind, I was to write it down. I kind of subconscious brainstorming.