What is the Right Thing to do?

Often, sometimes multiple times per day, we're faced with a decision where we ask ourselves "what's the right thing to do"?

And we frequently utilize a plethora of resources in our search for the answer.

Much like Who Wants to be a Millionaire we will call a friend, or see what's most popular.

Unfortunately our important decisions rarely net us a bankroll with multiple zeros! Yet they usually are capable of determining the trajectory of our very lives.

Listening to the opinion of our loved ones is a very good practice- they are in our lives because we treasure them and their opinions do provide valuable insight.

However, we oftentimes overlook the most important opinion of all: our own.

You know that moment when, after all the going back and forth over a dilemma, many sleepless nights weighing options, and multiple deep soul searching talks with friends, that moment that it just hits you: you've known what to do all along.

That moment. When you just sigh and resolve yourself to that answer that's been the answer the whole time.

You know what to do.

Why do we search outside ourselves when the answer is already within us?

Sometimes it's because of fear. Fear of making the wrong choice. Fear of making the unpopular choice. Or fear of making a choice all by yourself.

And sometimes it's because we're searching for validation.

But so many times we find that after all that sweat and tears and time, we've known the right answer the whole time.

And we knew that we knew, we were just unwilling to admit it to ourselves just yet.