My daughter is dealing with making a decision that is not necessarily going to get a blessing from everyone in our immediate family. So, do you do what everyone else thinks is good for you or do you go out on a limb and do what you think is best?

I have made a lot of decisions in my life trying to do “what is expected” of me. Now, I wonder how many things in my life would be different had I chosen to do what I wanted to do. I can think of one decision I made thinking “God” wanted me to do a certain thing. Oh my gosh, was I ever wrong. Sometimes we need to pray (if you are real religious, you will think you need to pray about everything), sometimes you need to go with your heart, and sometimes you just need to use common sense.

So to my daughter I would say, pray about your upcoming decision, know in your heart why you are choicing the route you want to take, and it if it makes good sense……do it.

The great part about family is they will always love you. You may hear an “I told you so” if it doesn’t turn out to be a good decision but you will only hear it once……… or twice.