Flow

As the water cascades down it encounters problems - rocks, plants and other water. These problems are what cause the water to find another path to reach the pool at the bottom. That path might require running over the edge of the rock and pouring into mid air creating the beauty of the waterfall.

The still pool at the bottom is not the end of the journey for the water, nor the end of it's obstacles. As the water flows down the river it finds more rocks on the river bed. As it flows it has to build strength to get itself over the rocks. The rocks filter the water, leaving it to continue it's journey cleaner and flowing with more power and strength.

You are that water trying to flow through life. As you encounter obstacles, be as the water and build strength to overcome them. If the first path you choose to your goals does not succeed, find another. You might need to take a leap into mid-air. But that leap might create something beautiful. You can still reach the same goal via a different route.

Life will continue flowing and there is no sense in lying still in a pool. Flow with life and wash over your rocks.

Drive your life

As my odometer clocks another year  I look in my rear view mirror trying to find what I have accomplished in this last year. I struggle to find anything that stands out. I've been doing the day to day things that get me by. I start to look further back beyond this last year.

I find a few things that stand out a little. I finally reach my school days and remember the future me I imagined I'd be when I grew up. I compare the imagined and reality images in my head and they are nothing alike. How did I stray so far from my path?

I grew up. My priorities changed and my interests changed. And life happened. It doesn't always happen as you imagine and plan. But is that necessarily a bad thing?

I think more about recent events in my life and how the rest of my life prepared me for them. We learn seemingly useless information on the highway of life. But when we reach an 'accident' we suddenly know what to do and how to handle it. This is only because of the lessons that we picked up along the road. Lessons that were sometimes hard and at the time felt unbearable.

So although your road might have twisted and turned in what you see as the wrong direction, know that you've taken detours and possibly a left turn instead of a right to be here where you are today. And here is exactly where you need to be.

If you're not happy with where you are, don't make a u-turn, because the road behind you has changed. That road is not the same as you remember and the people who where there before have moved on. If straight ahead doesn't look good, then take a left or a right.


You always have the choice. Take the steering wheel and drive. It's never too late.