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Using your sense to make decisions.
Published on February 27, 2004 By jesseledesma In Personal Relationships
Common logic is a good tool in making decisions. Most decisions are thought propositions. To me this means thinking things through.

However, how do you deal with those nagging sensations to do something. I have to say that one must have a standard. It really would be great if we could anything we want without any bad results.

The freedom from anxiety would be refreshing. However, thinking things through allow us to truely value the decisions we have made.

The reader of this blog should of noticed by now that I am on a crusade to liberate people from anixiety and angst. I do not believe that our destiny is to suffer.

We make our lives torturous. My faith affirms that we all need God. However, I am wise enoug to know that not everyone is going to call on God.

Many people are going to try to solve things for themselves. Unfortunatly, they are going to be using the messages that the media has conditioned them to.

Again, I believe that human experience goes beyond carreer and superficial relationships.

I also believe that every person has to take control of his or her life and make the necessary changes in order to be free of pain and suffering.

Since I have written on identifying the problem and the reasons for our behavioral challenges, I thought it appropriate to write on how to make good decisions.

I have to say that using "your" sense of right and wrong is a good start.

We also have our emotions to guide us. Remeber, if it hurts then it is not in your best intterest. It may feel good at the beginning. However, if the end result is pain, then it truely is not what you need in your life.

Sometimes this is hard to accept. We believe we can have a modern physical relationship with a person only to find out that we jumped in to quickly without really knowing the other person.

In addition, sometimes we just have to bare a little loneliness in order to make sure when we do allow some one in our lives they are worth the trouble.

This can be said for almost all our decisions. We should think things out and make sure that our decisions will not bring us angst.

The rest is the party of life. Somewhere down the line we have to start singing, laughing, dancing, and enjoying people's company.
I do believe that using emotions and wisdom to make quality decisions is a good technique.

You know your conscience, your goals, your dreams, and what will make you happy. Moreover, God desires your company. He, however, is not out there putting obstacles so you will fail in your desire to be happy.

I think that these are very trying times for people. The modern life interferes with people's desire to have a good spouse and a good life.

That is why it is of great importance that we take an active role in analyzing our challenges and fixing our selves.

Comments
on Feb 27, 2004
Although it may seem obvious what is right and what is wrong, most people are not aware of it. We follow along with our peer group or our family. That is why God gave us the ten commanments and the scriptures. They help us figure out what is right and what is wrong. Good things may feel painful in the beginning but later of feel good. Bad things feel good at the beginning and then we suffer. Self discipline, delayed gratitification, responsibility for our own actions, generosity, honesty, etc. these are all characteristics of good people. Good people are happy if they are grateful to God and do things out of love instead of duty or self-righteousness. Without an adequate conscious, very few people know what the difference between right and wrong is. We know that there is a difference but it applies to everyone else but us.