Tough choices

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Have you ever faced decisions where there's no obvious right answer? How about times where no matter what you choose, it all goes wrong? Sometimes, life drops you in the dustbin and doesn't seem to care one bit about what happens. We all face tough choices, impossible situations, and moments of utter despair. What do you do?

Family, friends, and faith do a great deal to help, but in the end you still have to bear the burdens of life personally. Isn't it interesting how often people will say, "I know how you feel," and you think to yourself, "How could you possibly understand? You're not me." People want to empathize, to show their support, and usually don't know how to express it. I think life would be impossible without them and their shoulders to cry on. And, faith can give you wings even when you are defeated and crushed. Again, I can't imagine life without faith.

Tough choices are inevitable. I wish life had a specific instruction book for everything; put Tab A in Slot B. Wouldn't that make things easy? We wouldn't have to fret and suffer under the knowledge that we don't know everything. However, then we'd be only automatons grinding along the tracks of determined, with no self-determination at all. I guess it's the tradeoff we make for having freedom. Liberty is both a privilege and an enormous pain in the hind quarters, but I'd never give it up. But, at least we don't have to face tough choices alone.

- M