Thoughts on Making the Right and Wrong Choice

“How do I know if this is the right thing for me to do or not?” she asked. Her eyes were earnest and searching. Her heart was pure. She was self-aware. Intelligent. Observant. Discerning. Stuck.

She had talked for twenty minutes trying desperately to process her way out of the stuckness.

The decision was the backboard. She’d stare at it. Walk back from it. Hold a tennis ball in her left hand, racquet in her right. She’d bounce the ball. Toss it up. Lean back. Raise the racquet. Stretch her body up, up, up. Down, swing, hit, backboard, bounce, swing, hit, backboard, bounce, swing, hit, backboard…

She was volleying facts and data to the backboard. Waiting for the backboard to send her something she could hit again with more facts and data.

I took a loud breath and let out an equally loud sigh to break the pattern.

What if it isn’t about doing the right or wrong thing?

What if it’s about doing the creative thing?

Our minds and hearts settle more comfortably with labels like “right choice” and “wrong choice.” Most of us long for the ease of a right decision and the clarity of a wrong one. Most of us will keep longing for that, and life will keep NOT serving anything that easy.

Our lives cry out for uniqueness and creativity and dimension. What if you released yourself from deciding right and wrong? What if you allowed yourself to explore the most creative thing for the moment?

Here to help!