This is the movement of the Holy Family.

Welcome to our Rosary meditation.

Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

My grandson's call all those we've promised to pray for. My grandsons, Cormac and Elliot, have been sick. Teresa and I have been helping out and now we are sick. And I find it's really hard to make decisions when you feel rotten.

In fact, there are certain times when it's prudent not to make decisions.

We have to be very careful that our choices and actions are not

derailed by powerful emotions. As Sirac says, never act in a fit of passion. So today we meditate on guidelines for prudence when we face strong emotions.

The first guideline is, don't rethink a decision when you're in the process of carrying it out.

In general, we should take the time to deliberate, but once we've made the choice act quickly and don't rethink things

now there are exceptions there are times when you may when you may need to rethink things. When is that? Only when new and relevant

information has surfaced. The fact that something is really hard or you don't like it is not new or relevant information to consider.

Why?

Because that's the experience of everyone who's starting out at something worthwhile.

It is usually difficult and not pleasurable at first, but if you hang tough, it gets easier

and more enjoyable. But I hear people say I didn't expect law school or medical school or marriage or raising kids to be so difficult? Well, where have you been? Everything worthwhile is difficult,

especially at the beginning. And what does that have to do with anything anyway?

So here you are now.

Just do it and do it well.

To rethink things after a commitment is a powerful temptation to avoid.

So unless there's some other new relevant information, put your hand to the plow and don't look back.

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