What To Do

One of the things that frustrates me the most is when someone tries to tell me what to do. I love to have control over situations, particularly ones that are involving my own life. When someone tells me specifically what I need to do, I probably won't do it. Instead of listening to their advice, I try to do things on my own. I love hearing the opinions from other people, but I like to make my own decisions. The irony of this all is that decision making is not one of my favorite things. But, if I can make my own decisions, I feel better. Recently I have been putting a lot of thought into my life and how much I let others speak into it. Although no one can make my decisions for me, I do have a choice to listen to what they say and take from it what I wish. When I am trying to help another person, I am taking away their dignity and their ability to be an individual when I try to make decisions for them. Sometimes, we have to sit back and watch as others make their decisions. Although we may think that they are making a bad choice, we cannot do it for them. We can only speak into their lives and pray for them. I have to remind myself of this all of the time. Others cannot make my decisions for me, but I can choose to listen to their wisdom and decide from there.