Taking chances

Sunday. Always tough after a long weekend with my boy. But I managed to get through it, and it actually turned out to be a pretty damn fine day.

In life, we are often stuck with decisions where we don't know where to go, or what to do. Actually, that seems to be most of the decisions we face. It seems we can decide to do nothing, and face the specter of what might have been, or take a chance. Unfortunately, it's rarely the case where that 'chance' doesn't uproot our lives. For example, I might get an offer for another job (please??) At that point, I have to make a decision: do I give up my current job, which isn't making me happy, but is at least 'comfortable', to take a chance on the new one? Or do I stay with the familiar, and give up the opportunity of what *could* be what I've always hoped for?

It's never an easy decision. Sometimes, it's worked out for me, and sometimes it hasn't. All I can ever do is follow my heart, and my gut, and make the best decision I can make. When it's left me in a worse situation (damn you, Panasonic!), I had to kind of start over. But at the time, I made the best decision I could make. Looking back, although I regret the results, I don't regret the decision. Yes, I would have been better off staying where I was, but I learned a lot, and it's given me an opportunity to grow. And frankly, although I was definitely worse off when I moved, I certainly wasn't happy where I was, or I wouldn't have been looking in the first place.

We make the best decisions we can make, and we deal with the consequences of them. Sometimes, it's a step up, and other times, a step back. But, what's worse? Staying where we are, and wondering what might have been, or taking a chance on getting whatever it is we're looking for? Although I've been accused of being rather pessimistic, I'm optimistic enough to know that sometimes, I just have to take that chance. You never know...I may find exactly what I'm looking for. I certainly can't find it by NOT taking that chance.