Have you ever considered the difference between a child and an adult? If you think it’s strictly age, then you’re only looking at a partial difference. I’ve personally seen so-called adults (as defined by age) act like obnoxious, spoiled children. Conversely, I’ve witnessed children make some very adult choices. In fact, I think the very category of CHOICES should be an additional factor when categorizing adults and children.
On the most basic level, I divide choices into three categories: SIMPLE, DIFFICULT, and the ultra-obvious NO-BRAINER.
SIMPLE DECISIONS – These are choices that, truthfully, have no ill consequence. It’s choosing between pie or cake for dessert…. wearing the blue or the red shirt…..going to the Magic
Kingdom or Hollywood Studios on the first day of your Disney vacation.
DIFFICULT DECISIONS – These can be life-altering decisions at times. The choice may or may not create an emotional upheaval. Difficult decisions can include staying at your current job or accepting a role with a different employer… beginning or ending a relationship, whether platonic or romantic…. making an investment that could end in either profit or loss.
NO-BRAINER DECISIONS – These shouldn’t even be considered as having a choice, in my opinion. It’s choosing between right or wrong… keeping a promise or breaking your word… following through with a commitment or pouting because you aren’t getting your way. It’s as plain as the nose on your face what you should do, so DO IT!
It doesn’t matter what your job is or what your role in life is. Always do the right thing. Always keep your word. Always follow through 
with a commitment. Even if you feel like you have been slighted or wronged, don’t become a two-year-old throwing a temper tantrum. Don’t be the brat who says, “I’m taking my ball and going home.” If you think you are the center of everybody’s universe, then you’re in the wrong galaxy.
Listen carefully: There’s no debate when it comes to doing right or doing wrong. In almost every case, a deliberately made wrong choice is coming from either a child who doesn’t know better or an “adult” who is a self-centered individual. The result, more often than not, is an innocent victim suffers because of their choice.
While I realize it isn’t the “politically correct” thing to do in this day and age, I still turn to the Scriptures for life lessons. In this instance, I would recommend Ecclesiastes 5:5 that says, “It’s better not to vow, than to make a vow and not fulfill it.” (NIV)
Every day you’re faced with choices. Some are simple and, yes, some are difficult; but don’t be the cause of hurt and distress by failing to make the correct no-brainer decision.
