What do you do when life gets tough?

OMG.....this is a question for everyone, is it not?  Everyone I know in my life, is experiencing challenge of some kind; health-wise, financially, in relationships....the list goes on and on.

So what do we do?

The one thing I know deep down in more core, is that God is always in control.  That doesn't mean that I have completely "let go or" "surrendered" to his will, if you will, however it is a work in progess...for all of us!

So 1st off, He is in control!  The control we have the pleasure of working with is our decisions and choices.

What decisions and choices do I have today, that will affect my "space" tomorrow.  How will I make those choices and/or decisions, and which will provide the best outcome?

So for the 1st part of answering the question of what to do when life is "tough," let's focus on decision making, and being VERY decisive!

This is where faith and intuition can play an important part in this process.

Of course, pray! Ask for God to open up the opportunities or to help show some type of sign in whatever decision you are making. Be open to the "sign" not looking the way it should. Maybe the answer comes across to you on a bill board while you are driving, or you "over-hear" a conversation with the insight you requested, etc...

Here is a simple exercise that you can apply yourself, to help with your decision making, today.

Take a coin, any coin and determine which side, either heads or tails, will be the "yes" side and which one is the "no" side.

I decided (quickly!) that the head side is YES, and TAIL side was NO.

Here we go....

Step 1 - pose the question to yourself (out loud), of anything you have been procrastinating on deciding.
Step 2 - flip the coin for the answer whether YES you should, or NO you shouldn't.
Step 3 - how did you feel?
Step 4 - the feelings you experience on "your inside," around what the coin "said to do," is your intuition!

THE COIN DID NOT DECIDE FOR YOU!  The coin helps to make you aware, of your feelings that surface around the decison (of the coin, for you), and helps bring out your intuition.

Quick example and this will conclude the thought for the day...

A decision in front of me is this:
I have a very close friend that I consider family, for many years.  Recently, there were situations that have me questioning loyalty, trust, maturity, etc.... 

The question:  Do I sit down and talk with this person so they can understand "where I am at," or do I just leave the relationship?  That is really 2 questions.....but let's focus on the 1st part.

Step 1 - (I ask the question outloud) "Do I talk out my concerns around the relationship with _________ ?"
Step 2 - Flip my coin

It landed on heads (YES).  What did I feel?  I felt peace....for me, my intuition is telling me that is the right answer.  So I flipped the coin again and this time it was tails (NO), and I felt that "rumble in my tummy" - that something just did not feel right....that "NO" (from the coin), was probably not the best decision for me, based on my "gut-feeling."

We can go into so much more detail....

When life gets tough, here are some questions to ponder:

*How well am I making my decisions? 
*Am I being decisive (or procrastanating)?
*Am I asking for support (not just complaining/venting)?
*Am I seeing the possibility of how it could work out, and open to answers not looking a certain way?
*Am I "rolling-with," or against my intuition?

Until next time...BE BLESSED!