I don't know which spoon!

Today I opened the silverware drawer to grab a spoon. I made myself an all fruit smoothie and thought I should eat it with a spoon. When I opened the drawer my dilemma was this, big spoon or small spoon? I use the big spoons to eat things such as cereal, soups, or foods that I want to take big bites with, get the most out of it in one bit each time, you know? And I save using the small spoons for mainly desserts. Desserts I want to savour the taste and make the sugar last as long as possible with as many small bites as my bowl can take. I hate using the big spoon for my desserts to make it go by faster and the small spoons really are not quite helpful when I am eating chicken noodle soup. The noodles don't ever fit with the chicken on the small spoon. I really could not decide which spoon to choose as silly as that sounds.

And then I started to think about how I use tools and options everyday in my life to help me make decisions, just as you do. Some classes in college I really needed a small study group and others a larger one proved to be more useful. Sometimes I make my lunch for work the night before and some days I wait to make it the morning of. It all depends on if I would rather spend the time in the morning making a meal or if I want to get it done the night before and be able to walk right out the door. I may not be a morning person whatsoever, but there are some days that I actually enjoy waking up and taking my time to start my day and somehow the night before I know what I think I will feel like in the morning. Each day I make different choices according to how I feel. Do I get gas tonight on my way home when I am so tired having a hard time keeping my eyes open and it's 20 degrees outside, or do I wait until the morning, making sure I leave a few minutes earlier, therefore probably rushing myself, also while it's 20 degrees outside?

Either way, a decision has to be made. I need to study for the test, what's the best way? What will I do for lunch tomorrow? And I have to get gas, I better do it.....

Then I apply this same concept to my future because a decision has to be made. Maybe not right now at this moment, but if I am not careful I am going to miss all the small everyday choices that affect the best possible outcome for whatever is in store. We all want to capitalize on the things we have; love, money, intellect, family, jobs, friends and hopefully God. But I think we forget maybe sometimes that there are tools and choices that help us take that bigger bite out of life, or learn to savor every moment of it. I know it sounds silly to get all of this out of choosing a spoon for my smoothie, but that was my inspiration. Right now and in the next few weeks/months, depending on each circumstance that will happen, there are choices that have to be made. I want to be more intentional about how to completely make the most of each decision, more aware than I have ever been in my life of everything in my bowl. Because then maybe I will be able to choose the right spoon to eat it best. May we all learn to do the same.

Oh, and what did I choose for my smoothie? I decided to use the tool that allowed me to take big and small tastes of the smoothie whenever I chose. I went for a straw.