Where are you going? What do you plan to do? Ever ask yourself these questions? When we think about them we can view them simplistically, for example, “I’m going to the supermarket,” or “I’m going to New York.” We can also probe more deeply by expanding each question a bit. Where are you going becomes where are you going with your life.’What do you plan to do becomes what do you plan to do when you get to wherever your going. If we ignore thinking about these questions they default to a preprogrammed answer of nowhere. Human being operate best when they have a goal or clear destination in mind. If you’re inclined to delve a bit deeper to the questions, once you have an answer to them, ask yourself why. Why did I choose this answer? Are there other alternatives? Is there something better I could have chosen? Your life is important. Make choices about your direction that results in you maximizing your potential.
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Do You Like Surprises?
Do you like surprises? I do when they are pleasant surprises. Not so much when the surprise puts me into a sudden tailspin. Many of the success oriented self help books encourage us to set goals and pursue them. They don’t talk too much about chasing a goal only to find out your airplane decided to land at an alternate destination. One you hadn’t expected. One for which you feel totally unprepared. That’s more or less been my life. I’m heading in one direction, then my plane takes me to a new destination. I know folks whose plane always takes them to the destination they were seeking. Sometimes I’m a bit envious until I reflect on my adventures and what they taught me. I agree with E. M. Forster who wrote, “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
