I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing. You're listening to episode 97.

This is a podcast all about making decisions. It's also a podcast about making a life.

If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or if you just need a few minutes,

away from the constant stream of information and the sometimes still light bulb,

but also distracting hum of entertainment, you're in the right place.

I'll bring you a thoughtful story, a little prayer, and a simple next right step.

Today, I'll talk directly about what we want most when it comes to making wise decisions.

What is it? How about some clarity? Listen in.

One afternoon when the kids were younger, I was headed upstairs at our house and my daughter

flew past me on her way down the stairs, shouting over her shoulder. I know it isn't true,

but I'm going to prove it to you. Well, I watched her go bursting out the front door out into

our front yard and immediately looked back up at our house and she started waving her arms

up toward the sky. Well, I kept going up the stairs and when I got into my bedroom,

theirs said her sister and her little brother at the window, one holding an iPad.

And then over their shoulder, I noticed our address was typed into the map app and the camera

zoomed in to an aerial view of our cul-de-sac and now I'm starting to catch on.

They stared off the window at her down below, waving her hands frantically and then back to the

screen in their hand, window, back to the screen, window, back to the screen. Okay, you're right.

One of them finally calls out to her through the window. I can't see you. If only all arguments were

so easy to resolve. If only all we had to do when we were unsure of something is to run out in the

front yard and start waving our arms to confirm, no Google Maps is not in fact a live feed from space.

We've talked specifically about clarity here way back in episode 27, where I shared about how we

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