WAIT FOR IT!!

So many of us make decisions based on our emotions at the time.  You know the type....like asking your friend to go on your family vacation, because the sleepover you just had was the best one ever.  Yet, you don't stop to think that the sleepover was only about three hours of waking time spent together and the family trip is going to be five long days and now that friend becomes YOUR responsibility.  How about when you are so pissed off at someone and the only thoughts that are swirling in your head are ones of vengeance.  So you say or do something that at the moment gives you some self satisfaction, but as time goes on, you feel guilt and remorse. Remember that's how Karma works, give it out and it comes back.  You know when you hurt someone because they hurt you. The strongest people in the world are the ones that are stomped on over and over and still get up walk away and keep their heart pure.  

The best thing you can do when making decisions is to check your emotions and then give yourself a few minutes, hours, or even days before making the decision if possible.  Especially if the emotions you are feeling are sadness, loneliness, fear, or anger.  Giving yourself time will help eliminate so many hard times to come, so many "why did I say yes or no", "it sounded like a good idea at first".  So many of us make the wrong decision because we make it at the height of our emotional meter.  I have many of times made a decision because I was so angry all I wanted to do was make someone pay, so I either said or did something that at the time made me "self-righteous" happy, but in the long run made me sorry.  

It can also assist you in keeping your word.  I would rather hear someone say "sounds good let me check and I'll get back to you" (and then REALLY, REALLY getting back to me), rather than someone saying 'Yes" immediately and then coming up with excuses to back out.  I know so many that say yes to something that they complain about after the fact.  This can be a great learning tool, however, so many of us like to play the victim role when we make bad decisions.

So the next time you are faced with making a decision, take time to breathe, to look at the whole situation and make the right decision based on your values and not on your emotions.