Making decisions in complex situations is rarely easy. Does one use the information that one knows as the foundation? Is the answer hidden in the process of simply (blindly) applying ones principles? Who can be trusted? Which part of the critical and most important should one focus on?
Currently, the academic question is dominating my life. On multiple fronts, the situations are complex. There are no easy answers. The obvious way to deal with them comes with uncertainties and risks. Whatever one might think, the wave naturally paralyzes. One does not want to think about the problem or potential solutions. One wants to avoid the situation if possible.
One side of my brain reacts and is working overtime. Numbers, data, and information are consuming my thought process. I can see answers and paths. There are solutions. Everything can and should be initiated.
When I look at how others have tackled similar situations, there is an alternative. Others have balanced logic and facts with intuition. When one wisdom father was discussing the future, his words reflected a direction that is quite different from my own. “There is another urgency before me now. I feel compelled to go to Jerusalem. I’m completely in the dark about what will happen when I get there.” (Acts 20.22)
What will happen if I let my inner voice have equal say? The situation’s complexity will not get any worse. The uncertainties will likely stay the same. The potential difference lies in opening my heart up for insight from Another. If I let intuition have a seat at the table, I have let More be possible.
Even as I think about the option, I am intrigued by possibilities. What if you and I let others into our thinking and lives? Assuming positive motives, I believe we would be richer for what might unfold.
Today will be another with more questions and data. I have no idea what will come. I do know I am going to listen. I will let others in. I am part of a larger community; even I walk alone.
