Convict Me . . . Please!
We make choices every day. Some are good, some are not so good, and some are big mistakes. Oh well, we are all human and hindsight is 20/20. How many life decisions would you like to change now that you have lived and learned? For me, there have been a few.
Take high school for example – Let’s just say that my kids had a very different experience.
So I have been around now for several decades and I find that there is a great tool for minimizing those “big mistake” decisions and the little ones too. Ok, so I’m not a super fast learner of life lessons, but I’m finally “getting some of it” and I would like to share my findings with you. I hope that it will help you minimize your mistakes too. After all, what could be better than learning from someone else’s stupid mistakes?
Ok, this is where the conviction part comes in. I’m not talking about convictions by a jury of my peers, but rather, a self imposed conviction of the heart. You know that little voice some call conscience? Yea, the one that says “what are you thinking?” just before you stick both feet in your mouth at once or do something that you will surely regret. The same little convicting voice that is so easy to ignore. That’s the one I’m writing about. My request is that my little conscience voice be screaming loud and have a big hammer so the next time I’m about to ignore it, I’ll get some physical pain before I make a bigger mistake. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that my “pre-stupidity filter” will ever be any more than a small, still voice or a feeling, so I have decided to pay closer attention to it. I think of it as paying attention to God who gives us free will to make mistakes, but who also speaks to us with just enough volume to let us know that our actions have consequences.
This disaster avoidance technique only requires that we pay attention and use our hearts to help with decision making instead of allowing our mindless action/reaction system to make decisions for us.
Since many people fall short of life dreams, maybe an improved decision making process including more conviction from the heart could help. It has been said that we are where we are in life as a result of all our decisions. Perhaps better decisions will result in more life goals achieved.
Live, Love, Laugh, Learn, and change the world.
Lee