Decisions, Decisions

I had a decision to make.

It was 2.30am. In the kitchen for a quick drink of water, I was keen to get back to bed. It was then I spotted the bug scurrying into the corner.

Sigh. I had a decision to make. In a matter of seconds, I weighed up the elements of the decision ahead of me.

The phrase, ‘what you walk past, you accept’ came to mind.

What would ‘walking past’ and ‘dealing with’ mean in the context of my insect intruder? What were the consequences of each decision? What was a worse-case scenario? Who else might be impacted by my decision? Would the extenuating circumstances (tired at 2.30am) justify a decision to ‘walk past’?

The phrase, ‘if not me, then who’ came to mind.

How do I want to show up? What are my values and how would my decision align with these? Would I be comfortable ‘walking past’ or did I feel compelled to ‘deal with’ this problem?

I know, it’s an insect.

Except we face decisions like this every day in our work and life. And, they are often far more consequential than what to do with a bug in the house.

The phrase, ‘who we are is evidenced in our everyday behaviours’ comes to mind.

We have a decision to make.

I’m curious,

what are you walking past,

what are you dealing with,

how might this align with your values, and

what everyday behaviours do you want to see more of?

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