Doing The Right Thing

It is no secret that this week has been very trying to me in many ways. I find myself conflicted between saying and doing things that I feel and then feeling that maybe it wasn't the right thing or maybe God wanted me to handle that differently.

Yesterday was especially hard. I have to be true to who I am and what I feel like needs to be said or expressing myself. For the most part, I second guess everything and am overly analytical. I guess in the business world, this is mostly a good thing. In the personal world, it can be a little excessive at times.

I don't exactly know when it happened today, but sometime over the course of my day I made peace with all decisions I had to make this week. I thought, personally, if I'm true to myself and speak out of love and compassion, then I've done the right thing. I know that some people think that no matter what your intentions are, all that really matters is how someone else interprets what you say. I don't think this is entirely true. I think, often times, as humans we pick out whatever we want to from a conversation and that is what we focus on. We interpret what people say by where we are in life and how we feel about ourselves.

Professionally speaking, I often have to make decisions that have a direct impact on others. If I wasn't already an overly analytical person, this triples it. Most of the time in the past I've listened to the advice of others and what I should do. In doing that you must choose who you're going to use as a mentor and you have to kind of weed through everything else. I have learned over the last three years what qualities to look for in someone that I want to go to for advice. Over the last three months, I take most everything to God. Since, I have started doing this I have gained more confidence in making decisions, and I make decisions from a place of doing what is best for all. This doesn't make tough decisions any easier but it does give me a solid foundation of why I make certain decisions. I finally felt at peace today in making certain decisions. I now fall on the side of going to God, letting Him guide my decisions and doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do.

So as I sit here, my work week being over, I have a certain amount of freedom. Freedom in knowing that following God, my heart and doing the right thing will always be the right thing to do. This doesn't mean that I'm not going to over analyze everything and it doesn't mean I won't worry about others. It just means that I will have confidence in doing the right thing.