Article February 1, 1969 Issue

Making Decisions

RAYMOND JACKSON ALLEN

We constantly need to make decisions. Many of these seem small and insignificant, others big and important. But we want all our decisions to be right. We want them to bless ourselves and all concerned.

In trying to achieve this goal we may find ourselves plagued by suggestions of indecision. This is not a happy state of thought. In fact, we might be inclined to agree with someone who once offered "indecision" as one of the definitions of hell.

Why does decision-making present a problem? Why is it sometimes a trying and unpleasant experience? One factor may be the element of doubt—the concern that we may make the wrong decision and suffer the consequences. And what is the source of this concern? Isn't it fear—fear that something other than good will come into our experience?

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