The choices we make

Top 2. Jun 4, 2002 12:39 PM

» klhwriter - Re: Choices

In response to message posted by Sunbear:

Thanks for your comments Tom. It's always great to hear from you!

Kelly

-- posted by klhwriter

Top 3. Jun 5, 2002 3:01 PM

» Sue59 - Choices

Hi Kelly,

As a parent of Teenagers and also hitting my Mid-life crisis time,(I think I need a motorbike). smile Choices we make are quite in the fore. I found your article very relevant.

It is hard to watch our children make choices that could effect the rest of there lives. But also knowing that it really never stops. I am still making those type of choices.

As said we can only make the best decision for the information we have at that point of time.

Thanks for an interesting article

-- posted by Sue59

Top 4. Jun 5, 2002 7:38 PM

» klhwriter - Re: Choices

In response to message posted by Sue59:

Hi Sue,

Thanks for dropping by! Yes, I empathize with you. I made plenty of choices as a teenager, not all good. But you think you know everything at that age, don't you? Oh well, everybody has to go through that, I guess, like a rite of passage. I think you should get that motorbike, by the way.

All the best,

Kelly

-- posted by klhwriter

Top 5. Jun 10, 2002 5:16 AM

» CrabApple - Re: Re: Choices

In response to message posted by klhwriter:

Kelly,
Loved your article.
Choices, we have so many of them in our lives each day, some very small and occasionally ones that effect our lives in a big way.
Sometimes the choices that we have could impact on the people in our lives in a very big way and we feel that we have no choice, but I guess we are making a choice not to make that life shattering decision so as not to hurt someone else, even though we are depriving ourselves. This is a hard choice.
We all should be free to make the choices that are right for us and allow others to make theirs.

Crabapple.

-- posted by CrabApple

Top 6. Jun 10, 2002 8:04 AM

» klhwriter - Re: Re: Re: Choices

In response to message posted by CrabApple:

Hi CrabApple!

Thanks for your comments. Yes, when we make choices that will impact family we sometimes have to compromise. Grey areas like this are just a fact of life. Still, things can always change down the road in ways that are more to our liking. Nothing is forever.

All the best,

Kelly

-- posted by klhwriter

Top 7. Dec 22, 2002 5:51 PM

» Tennisnut99 - An overabundance of ............... Choices

In May I graduate from nursing school. I've considered myself blessed that I've found a field that I am passionate about, something that is so much more than a paycheck. But Im so confused as I make the transition from college life to the "real world". And mine wasn't a normal college life, my first four years I played a sport in college. It gave me time management, leadership, along with numerous other attributes that will help guide me through life. But this year as I finish up school (without my sport) I've had a lot more time to think. To much time isn't good for me. What am I going to do with the rest of my life? Where do I work? etc.etc. I have these constant thoughts that the decisions I make as May closes in will effect the way my life pans out. I debated with doing Peace Corps for a the first year out of college,to find "myself" and to help people. If it wasn't such a money dominated society, I could volunteer forever. Endless choices, endless opportunities. I just don't want to look back on life and go, what if. And then I think, geez,your 22, and your worrying about all this stuff. I've always strived for perfection, and its not possible, in the meanwhile you drain yourself of spirit and energy reaching for things that slip further and further away. My goal is going to remember that, somehow things just eventually fall into place. And that anything is possible with family/friend support.

and if they don't I guess I do have about 80 more years to make my dreams happen

thanks for listening

Aly

-- posted by Tennisnut99

Top 8. Dec 23, 2002 12:01 PM

» klhwriter - Re: An overabundance of ............... Choices

In response to message posted by Tennisnut99:

Hi Aly,

I think you are on the right track in that you are following your passion. If there is one piece of advice I wish I had been given when I was young it is to follow your heart. I am doing that now but I am twice your age!

You may have other things you want to do as well, like travel. I was the same way. But that is something that can fit in with your other goals. The same with volunteer work.

True, your decisions will have an impact on the path your life takes, but you can always make new decisions in the future when you want to go in a different direction.

I think you should make the decisions that feel right now. Somewhere down the road you might want to make new decisions that feel right at that time. There is nothing wrong with that.

You can always change directions. It is not written in stone that we must decide our future fresh out of university and be stuck with this decision forever. Everything else changes and evolves. So why can't people too?

Do what feels right now. In the future different things will feel right.

Best wishes,

Kelly

-- posted by klhwriter