When in Doubt, Stop and Think

Just a quick thought for you all today. 

The past few weeks have been hard for me for many different reasons and last night I had a moment when I thought I was going to lose my baby. But something told me not to jump to the worse case scenario. After that one thought, I stopped and thought. I thought about my first pregnancy and what I had been told and had read. The only think I could think of at the time was to rest and wait an hour. If things got worse, I would go to the hospital. If things got better, I wouldn't bother and just take things easy for the rest of the night. Had I jumped to conclusions and went to the hospital like my first thoughts were, I would have wasted so many people's time and would have been charged money that I don't have. Instead, I rested at home where I was most comfortable and everything got better.

This made me think about how many times people just jump to conclusions and/or action when they really should stop and think before reacting. There are some instances where immediately jumping to action is better than hesitating, but as I was thinking about some of the experiences I've had lately, I (or others) could have handled the situations better if we had just stopped and thought about what was going on before reacting and potentially causing more problems. 

So, word of advice: when in doubt, stop and think. It could make things so much better.