My Bathroom Epiphany

The thing about celebrating Christmas and New Year is that you get to eat a lot.  Naturally, if you do so, the more frequent your trip to the little boy's room would be.  I'm a multi-tasker and taking a dump does not prevent me from doing other productive stuff. Most of the times I read.  However, due to the urgency of the situation, I forgot to bring my trusty cellphone where I store my ebooks.  So other than just staring blankly at the tiled wall---I got to thinking...

Bill Parcells is one of the most respected coaches in the National Football League.    

I was on the part when Parcells was coaching the Air Force football team.  It was his first ever head coaching job.  He had taken the job because that was what he wanted to do---to COACH.  However, it was done in haste.  The circumstances where not right and he ended up taking Airforce to a 4-7 win-loss season.  He went on his gypsy road before finally ending up coaching the New York Giants and winning Superbowl XXIII.

Such is life’s journey---filled with pitfalls and detours.  It’s never easy.  It can be a bed of roses but can be filled with thorns.  There are two ways to go about this journey.  (1) DO based on the folly of others; or, (2) make your own path and if you should FAIL, learn from what you did wrong and aim to do better the next time.

The direction you're going to take boils down to CHOICE.    

I can’t tell you how to make the right decision but let me tell you how I do mine. 

I pray for guidance. 

I weight my options and I pray some more.

One thing about making choices is that you need to stand up to whatever it is that you decide on.  Reneging after making a choice only goes to show that you haven’t taught about it enough.  Each choice is supposed to be the best---again, not a bed of roses, but something you can live with.  Happiness after all is appreciating what you have.