Life is filled with decisions, from what to eat for breakfast, to whether or not to change lanes, or whether or not to take that leap of faith and change careers.  Some decisions are made without much thought, others require a lot of time and thought process and in the end are extremely difficult.  A friend of mine wrote a post recently about making choices, and I found a particular piece of the post to be so simple and so true, but for some reason it seems to get overlooked (at least by me):

“The choices are just that, choices. The rest is free will.”

That little statement did not dawn on me until yesterday, when I was faced with making a very tough decision.  The hard part of the decision making process was not actually the decision, that part was simple (either yes I will do it or no I will not do it), but what was difficult was coming to grips with what I was about to do.  It was a decision that had already been made awhile ago, but the difficult part was coming to grips with the reality of the decision, that once it was put in motion, there was no turning back.  This was something that had to be accepted by not only myself, but my wife and to some extent my children.  Going through with the decision was one of the more difficult things I have done in my life, but I know and my wife knows that it was for the best.  The outcome of the decision will get better with time, but that does not make it any easier until then.

Decisions are just that, decisions.  It is either one way or the other.  Getting to that place where you are OK with the decision is what can be difficult, but in the end, you learn from the experience and perhaps the next time it will be  a little easier.