Have you ever had a time when, for lack of a better description, you just feel stuck? Unsure of how to go forward, but aware you can\u2019t stand still? Feeling stuck is actually a clear indication that something in our lives needs to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whenever I find myself feeling stuck it\u2019s because I have a decision I need to make and I can\u2019t seem to get myself to make it. I talk myself in circles in my head without ever coming to a conclusion on what choice to go with until I\u2019m so tired of thinking about it that I tell myself I\u2019ll table it for a while longer and come back to it when I have more clarity\u2026which only seems to sink me further into that feeling of being stuck\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I\u2019ve found is that if I want to get unstuck I\u2019ve got to be willing to make a decision \u2013 I\u2019ve got to make a choice and begin moving forward with it. I can\u2019t keep waiting for every doubt I have to dissipate, or for every options positives and negatives to become perfectly clear, because chances are they\u2019ll never be completely clear \u2013 and frankly I don\u2019t think they are meant to be totally clear because if they were we\u2019d lose the opportunity to exercise our agency and grow in our experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I find that right versus wrong decisions are the easiest to make, especially when you know what your values are. It\u2019s those good, better, best decisions that I find to be tough, or choosing just one out of multiple good options which tends to be toughest of all – that’s where I most often find myself feeling stuck. I sit and weigh all the good options and fret over how choosing one eliminates the opportunity of the other and so on and so on\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Committing to something when we haven\u2019t figured out beyond a doubt which option we find best is scary. But perhaps we are overlooking the fact that staying stuck is probably the scariest option of all – there is no happiness in staying stuck, there can be no growth or progression while we are stuck, and while we stay stuck we are missing every opportunity. The thought of that should be much scarier than making a choice is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will remain stuck until we make decisions and start moving forward with them. The best we can do is to use our values and the knowledge we’ve gained to make the best decisions we know how. After that we can trust that God\u2019s got guardrails in place to help protect us from falling off the road He wants us on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n