I had to buy a liner for my shower. In the aisle, there were so many choices of liners - at least seven. I knew I wanted a white one. I found one that I perceived to be perfect - eco-friendly, metal grommets, good-quality and $9.99. I happily took it home, unpacked it and began hanging it in my shower/tub. It was unusually long and did not cover the length of the tub, three hooks short. How peculiar...
I then decided to look at the packaging more closely. It read, "SHOWER STALL LINER." I don't have a shower stall, I have a tub with shower, no wonder it didn't fit. Shaking my head in disbelief, I took down the liner, packed it back up - a task in itself - and returned it to KMart for a "SHOWER LINER."
HEREIN IS THE LESSON LEARNED -
In life, we have so many choices that we are bound to choose some things that do not FIT properly for us. We try on that choice, and seeing it does not fit, we can either bitch and moan that it doesn't fit - "I didn't want this 'shower STALL liner.' It's the wrong size. It's too long. Man, I can't believe I didn't look closer." - or we can CHOOSE AGAIN. We can pack up that choice, return it and shop for a CHOICE that feels better to us - that is a better fit for us.
Did we make a mistake by choosing the first 'shower liner'? I think not. By choosing that first 'shower liner' in our lives and trying it on, we have now learned what we don't want, and we get closer to what we do want.
Choices can be overwhelming at times, but if you realize that you can always "CHOOSE AGAIN" it enhances your previous choice and makes it that much easier, even fun.
Follow-up: I have a nice white "cloth shower liner" hanging from the shower rod today and I love it. It's my first cloth liner and I would never had had the opportunity to experience the difference if I would have stuck with the plastic liner. Ahhhh, I love ALL the choices I make.
