DECISION WHERE OTHERS ARE INVOLVED
Question—I find myself in an almost unbearable situation. In any decision I may make, others are involved, therefore I hesitate to make a move. Am I right in staying on, being patient and knowing things will work out all right, or am I just weak?

ANSWER—"He who hesitates is lost." If you know that a decision is necessary, and that it will eventually clear the atmosphere for you, and for all concerned, make it, and get it over with. Vacillating can develop into a negative habit. Knowing that things will work out all right in the long run is all right if it makes for the general harmony of everyone, and if it is not merely postponing to a future indefinite date, a mental task that is distasteful now, but sooner or later must be done. To shun responsibility is weakness. Your very weakness has become such a burden to you that you find yourself in an "unbearable situation." Speak your mind. And stand by your word. Keep your own equanimity—if others lose theirs. Decide what your action shall be in the case, and, always with love in your heart for all, stand by your decision. God works through positive characters, courageous characters. (page 141) Know that you will be right in your course of action, because you are guided by that Indwelling Wisdom that knows and answers every call you make on It.

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