Weve all been in that place. You have a pretty good idea what must be done, but you cant do it. You know it is the appropriate thing to do, but you just cant act. You are stuck. You mull the circumstances over and over in your head, but still you dont really do anything about it. You waitwait for life to come along and work it out for you. Then you accept the outcome. There are times when this approach might be okay, perhaps even the best choice; but most of the time we just dont have the courage to make a decision.
Thats what it boils down to, you knowcourage. Well, I know thats the case for me anyway. I have taken to examining myself at such times when I find it difficult to decide what best to do. My discovery is that, even when it is abundantly clear that one action is for the greater good, fear stops me from acting of my own will. I look at the possible consequences and I cant bear to move forward. What about the other action? Well, the fallout of that might also be unbearable, so I dont take that action either. I cant stay where I am. I must do one of the other. Repeatedly I return back to the same fork in the road, and I dont act on either one, hoping that the...