I had an experience today in which I had two choices…. I was walking in the parking lot and in order to get to my car I could:
1. Walk over the curb area that had rocks or
2. I could walk down 30 feet and walk around it.
I briefly weighed out my options: I was wearing heels and the rocks were smooth pebbles that seemed to be pretty evenly distributed and in Florida it was a day that was scorching and I just finished with a full day of training so I was ready to head home. I opted to take the risk and walk over the rocks with my heels. It was not too far to walk in order to get to the other side. I started off pretty good (but also well aware that it was not one of my brightest ideas) and with my flow and trying to keep my heels from being stuck in between 2 rocks, I walked more on my tippy toes. No more than two steps into that method- the ground made contact with my knee and hand. I laughed it off and quickly got up because I definitely did not want anyone to see my decision-making skills gone bad.
That’s what bring me here, how many times do we face a decision when we have a couple options and we opt for the “Hmm…I wonder if I can do it?” option. Or do we tend to go with the safer and longer choice? I am usually the safer, longer option…but today I felt like testing my balance skills. So, what happens when we make a choice and it does not turn out as you hoped for? Do you get down on yourself? Or can you laugh it off and consider it a learning lesson? Sometimes we just have to laugh it off, it is what it is, and congratulate yourself on a lesson learned. Moving forward in the future, I am pretty confident that unless I am wearing flats, I am going to take the long and safe option.
**These words are not encouraging making risky decisions that will or may cause serious harm**
