A man once told his friends of a system he had invented to preserve domestic peace. “The day we married ten years ago,” he said, “we decided that all important decisions should be made by me. Small decisions were left to my wife.” When his friends asked him how it had worked out, he replied, “Perfectly, there hasn’t been a single hitch in the entire ten years. Of course,” he added, “no important decision has come up yet.”

The challenge of human existence is that life is made up of decisions, insignificant or crucial, mundane or complex. As we know from history and our own experiences, even the most trivial decision can have a huge impact on our lives and that of others. Therefore, it isn’t always easy for us to make decisions.

That was especially true in our household when our two daugh…