Feelings or Emotions

Have you ever used the term? “It just feels right.” Maybe your are looking for a new car or busying a new home in a new neighborhood or whatever. You have looked at all the things that are related to that decision and it has for the most part met all of the criteria that you have used in reference to that decision.
Feelings about things and emotions about things are two different scenarios. We need to be careful in making decisions especially when we let our emotions get in the way of us making sound decisions. We bought a new car a few years ago and we had been looking at a pretty blue gray one. After deciding that we would purchase the car we noticed a pretty red one with the same equipment and price. We made the decision at the drop of a hat to buy the red one. Low and behold the car was a lemon. We had noting but trouble with it. I always wonder how reliable the blue gray one would have been.
Of course there are some decisions that we make that are probably neutral driven. In other words it really doesn’t matter if we choose either option. Probably buying the red car really was a neutral decision. We just weren’t very fortunate for the turn of events.. But other decisions can have serious ramifications. For instance if we choose to marry a guy/girl because he/she has lovely blue eyes that are just adorable, and forget every other needful character trait, we could be letting ourselves in for a real experience. It is best, if when making decisions to put the level of study and thought into making the final decision commensurate with the level of consequence or desired result. Obviously some decisions are life changing all the way down to (shall I have a burger or a burrito). One could effect you for life or eternity and the other might cause indigestion. It is important to study the important things out in your mind, and it’s ‘ok’ to ask other for input, but on major decisions a person should make the final decision. Then they own it. We then cannot blame someone else for the decision. Look, we all do the best we can. If after all your effort, you can say, “yea, it feels right” . Hey go for it! And live and do all those things that will make the decision the right one!
P.S. Don’t forget to pray!

Food for thought

When the winter months come each year it is a good time for sitting by the fire and visiting or watching a good movie or picking up a good book and reading. Reading is such a wonderful medium for entertainment or for learning or keeping one abreast of what is happening in our world. For those of us who love to read it would seem like a very sad thing to consider what we would miss out on in our lives if we had not been taught to read, or to read poorly and not understand or comprehend. We know that there are many in the world who cannot read. Some have never learned to read because of circumstances beyond their control or because they did not develop that ability at a young age or any age. I’m thankful for parents and teachers who took the time to teach me reading fundamentals and comprehension. Reading for entertainment is one of my interests. You can learn things by reading for entertainment. We especially have the opportunity to learn by studying text books on a particular subject and also by studying the scriptures and other books relating to religion, science, history and human relations.
By reading for example we can come to know that there where what is referenced to as ‘the dark ages’. Where learning was suppressed. Aren’t we thankful that the ‘age of learning’ or ‘understanding’ came to be. I am thankful for those who took then and take the time now to put good things in print, for our learning and joy. We truly do live in the greatest age of mankind. Think of all that is available to us in writing. Books and magazines and publications as well as the internet. We need to be careful of what we take in. Someone once said ‘garbage in, garbage out’. There is multitude of good and wholesome things to read. Lets soak up some good stuff!
“And the eyes of their understanding were opened”