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"Make Your Decision" - Source unknown

"Ronald Reagan once told the story of his kind aunt who always treated him special. She took him to the local shoemaker to have a pair of custom shoes made for young Ronnie. The cobbler asked him, 'Do you want round toes or square toes on the shoes?' Ronnie hemmed and hawed and didn't know what he wanted. So the cobbler said,'That's all right, come back in a day or two and tell me what you want.'

"A few days later the shoe-maker saw Ronnie around town and asked,'“Well, young man, do you want square toes or round toes on your shoes?' And young Ronnie replied, 'I don't know. I haven't made up my mind, yet.' 'Very well,' said the shoemaker. 'Your shoes will be ready for you to pick up in a couple of days.'

"When Ronnie picked up his custom-made shoes . . . one had a round toe and the other a square toe! The cobbler looked at him and said, 'This will teach you, young man, never to let others make your decisions for you from now on.'

"And Ronald Reagan said, 'Looking at those shoes taught me a life lesson. If you don't make your own decisions, somebody else will make them for you."