You Can't Spell Reaction Without Action

Sometimes I wish I could lock myself in the highest room of the tallest tower and just think. Away from everyone and everything; away from distractions and problems and just to think things through. It goes without saying that very few situations can afford such a luxury. Many times a problem requires an answer on the spot or at the very least timely enough that something worse doesn't set in. For instance grape juice spilt on white carpet.... if that happened to me I'd wish that I had an hour or two to look up what the best removal method was and purchase necessary items for that method. However if I were to to do that the juice would turn into a nasty stain and my problem would be worse. Though I had good intentions, my inaction caused more problems than what I had to begin with. Then there are other problems that present themselves slightly more complex than grape juice; things like relationships. They are fragile things to begin with but if you throw a problem into the mix it can feel like you are walking on egg shells. If it is something that you prize or value, at least for me, you'd want to think about the best course of action. However, things like this are not always or rarely are straight forward. The problem can be about as complicated as it's participants are. There isn't always a right way or fail proof way of doing things, which is why having time to think things through would be so nice. But as with the grape juice it is a luxury that isn't feasible. Sometimes we can put a problem off for fear of the out come that the problem, which may have started out rather minor, grows due to indecision. It's not only that the problem might get worse but other problems might take root and start to grow as well. Things like resentment, anger, jealousy, bitterness, which in and of themselves are problems enough. It's kind of like taking a pill for a bad knee and getting several serious side effects that are just as serious as the original problem rather than going for the cure....it's easy to take a pill and pretend that everything is ok, but the pill doesn't fix anything it only masks the pain. Where as you could have a surgery to fix your knee and in the long wrong have less pain. That doesn't make it any easier though.