Opportunity Cost

So here goes yet another long winded post.  I must have something to say or something...or I'm just adjusting to having no other adults around for most hours of my day and night so I spew my processing brain out here.  My husband thanks you all for listening! :)  This way the precious few hours I do get to spend with him each day are not spent bombarding him with talk of things like "opportunity cost."  :)  

On Monday we got a notice that informed us that the main parking lot entrance to our shop is going to be blocked off for five weeks, and right dead in the middle of our first Summer open for business.  (prayers please!)  We'll do our best with what we've got.  We have to.  Major bummer though.  With some of the other little lovelies we've had to deal with in the location we've chosen, it has been easy for my husband and I to look around and wonder if we really picked the BEST spot.  "Would we grow faster there (or atleast not have a closed entrance for five whole weeks!)?...or how about there?...that over there looks like a great location!... "  I'm not one for regret but these questions have turned my mind to the whole concept of opportunity cost...kind of a nasty term, huh?  What did this opportunity that I've chosen cost me in terms of other opportunities?  I hate feeling like I'm missing out on opportunities.  I think that's why I like this quote from Sister Beck so much:

"A good woman knows that she does not have enough time, energy, or opportunity to take care of all the people or do all of the worthy things her heart yearns to do.  Life is not calm for most women, and each day seems to require the accomplishment of a million things, most of which are important.  A good woman must constantly resist alluring and deceptive messages from many sources telling her that she is entitled to more time away from her responsibilities and that she deserves a life of greater ease and independence.  But with personal revelation, she can prioritize correctly and navigate this life confidently."

Never again do I need to ask myself what an opportunity I've chosen has cost me if I'm making each of my decisions with the influence of the Spirit.  What peace does that bring?!  Seriously, especially as a mother when opportunities with little ones are so fleeting and yet there are so many other demands on us, boy does that bring me peace.  With the Spirit as our guide we can take our answers and fly with them with confidence because we know we are being navigated.  So there you have it.  Our parking lot situation may prove to be a potential disaster, but we'll go forward with confidence 'cause those are the directions our Navigator gave us.