Sure

Are we ever sure about anything that we do?  I think there was a time in my life that I thought I was sure about things but today, complete confidence in my sureness is very iffy.  I learned years ago about a series of consecutive questions you should ask yourself when looking at a class V rapid.  The answers should always be a confident "yes" if you are to run the rapid.  And since the consequence of a class V rapid can often be death that "yes" is very important.  As the years have past I have learned that those same questions pertain to almost every question in life.  Here they are:

1. What is the move I need to make?
2. Am I able to make that move?
3. What are the consequences if I miss the move?
4. Am I willing to live with those consequences?

I have found that I return to these four questions all the time.  They are very simple and yet they are so revealing as you get used to answering them for yourself.  Over time, they come quickly with every decision and the answers come even quicker.  The goal is to train yourself so that you can run through them in a split second and then make your decision in the next second.  Are there times when you will get it wrong?  Absolutely....but you need to trust yourself when you make the decision.  If there is doubt....don't do it.  Doubt....what a terrible feeling...life or death.