How do I know if I did the right thing?
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Anonymous
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Nov 11, 2017
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I think you know you did the right thing if it feels good in your heart and if there are positive outcomes.
Anonymous
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Nov 12, 2017
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Time tells you everything. Let the time take care of everything while you take care of yourself.
And even if you did the right thing, it might not always make you feel good about it. Try to think about it and then let it go, since it is in the past now, and your new goal is to deal with the consequences.
WhatDoesItAllMean
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Dec 1, 2017
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Well you can never really know for certain. And who gets to define what is right and wrong? All you can do is just satisfy your conscience by making decisions based on whether you can justify them or not.
Anonymous
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Dec 6, 2017
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What helps me a lot is to make a pros and cons list of all the things I could have done instead. If I figure out another solution that would have been better, I ask myself if I thought of it at the time I made the decision. If I didn't think of it at the time, I couldn't have done it, so I focus only on the options I could think of at the time. If there's something about the decision that caused someone else harm, I do what I can to make amends, and I also remind myself that I can't change the past and try to avoid dwelling on it over much once I've figured out how to either make amends if I've hurt someone, or figured out what I'd like to do in the future if something similar comes up. Aside from those two things, there's nothing else you can do about a decision that's already made, so it's best to distract yourself if you find you keep dwelling on it.
tinka95
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Dec 6, 2017
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Just listen to your heart. It will always tell you whether you did the ring thing if you just open yourself up to its wisdom.
AvaLive07
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Dec 7, 2017
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Sounds like you are concerned about something. It can be hard to tell from right and wrong. What do you feel you did?
Namastay
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Dec 8, 2017
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If it feels right it is right. Trust your judgment. As long as you are happy with what you did than that is all that matters.
Anonymous
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Dec 13, 2017
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You will feel this feeling of being free. Doing the right thing always feels good at some point in time. You may not feel the best in the moment but in the end everything will feel better.
Anonymous
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Dec 15, 2017
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By observing and understanding the consequences of your actions. Balance the negative and positives and see which one outweighs the other.
Anonymous
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Dec 24, 2017
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You can't know that you did the right thing because more often than not, there is no right answer. When making a decision, you have to think about everybody it affects. You can't make everybody happy but you can make a judgement call on how to hurt the least amount of people.
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