Look all you want but sooner or later you have to leap.

Your life will be filled with decisions, some of them are very simple and have little if any impact on your life. These decisions range from which soda to have or where to eat lunch. Others will be a lot more important and have lifelong repercussions. How you handle the big decisions will steer the course of your life

It is critical to take the time to research your big decisions and gather all the information you can on a subject and the options you are considering. Gathering data and seeking advice is the only way you can really asses the risk/rewards of the decision and make an informed choice.

However, if you allow research to become an excuse to avoid moving forward in one direction or the other the risks can be far greater than a misstep here and there. Opportunities have a way of coming and going very quickly and those who become paralyzed by the fear of making a wrong decision end up missing out on the greatest this life has to offer.

Mustering the courage to take a leap of faith and go with your instinct has an inherent risk but a life with no risk is in danger of being no real life at all. Now, don't misinterpret what I am saying here because I am not talking about being impulsive or reckless. I am also not giving you a license to make decisions that you know go against your standards and what you stand for simply because their might be some reward especially if that reward is as insignificant as having a good time while doing the wrong things.

Don't allow your life to become limited by fear of commitment either to people or to the causes that matter most to you. Do your research, pray about it and then start marching forward because any direction is normally better than no direction at all.

Love,

Dad