D-DAY: June 6th, 1944 is a key date in military history. That day marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War. In the largest seaborne invasion in history, the Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in France.While it had taken a year of meticulous planning to get to this point, the weather on D-Day was treacherous. Watching the winds, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (who later became president of the United States and started the National Prayer Breakfast tradition), was flip-flopping on when to attack. In pounding rain, gale and storm, he finally gave the command to attack. A day’s delay would definitely have meant a military disaster.“Planning for battle is important but as soon as the first shot is fired, the plans go up in smoke,” he would be quoted as saying later in life.A lot like life, no? Many times we know what we must do – but the circumstances around us are far from ideal. A family decision, a career move, calling off that relationship that’s leading you to nowhere. Indecision is costly. In flip-flopping, we give up many opportunities and lose time and momentum.At the end of his life, Solomon – the wisest man that ever lived – pondered the same thing. “He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.” In other words, there is only so much you can calculate, plan and procrastinate.