When the Path Gets Rocky

November 21, 2023

Where are you going? Not all pathways are marked clearly, but you can find vantage points that give you the big picture and help you plan a strategy for tackling the next path for the journey. The key for success is to know where you want to go and what you need to get there. Otherwise you will just get stuck on this pile of rocks and not get anywhere. Early explorers did not have street maps and freeways with bridges to connect them to the far beyond. They had to rely upon their ability to find and follow tracks left by animals or other explorers. They had to recognized landmarks and what the contours of the earth indicated. They also had to develop a significant amount of self-confidence and willingness to take on the unimagined with grit and determination. But what they really needed to do was to overcome their fears and utilize the ultimate power of their Creator.

HARNASS YOUR FREE WILL 

Many of life’s adventures are fraught with scary times, feelings of being rudderless, disoriented and discouraged. This is especially true for relationship, health, and occupational/career issues. This is the time that it is important to recognize that you were given specific skills to overcome the various challenges. There is a saying that “Every salmon knows what it means to be a salmon.” What this saying means is that while salmon might be found swimming lazily in the rivers and bays, but there comes a time, when instinct calls them to return to location of their birth to spawn new salmon. Humans do not have homing instincts. We have free will. We must make choices. Meeting life challenges requires unique skills and equipment, and confidence. 

USING QUESTIONS TO GET FOCUSED

  1. Identify the skills that you naturally have. These do not have to be job skills, they might be life skills. Here are some questions to get you started on your next adventure:
  2. What tasks do you enjoy doing?
  3. What activities do you do with ease?
  4. What chores and activities do you avoid?
  5. What emotional courage do you have? 
  6.  Identify the kind of people that you like to be with? 
  7. Those who work with their hands
  8. Those who work with their mental abilities
  9. Those who enjoy engaging with people
  10. Those who are creative
  11. Those who inspire you
  12. Those who want to start new enterprises 
  13. How do you like to learn new things?
  14.  Watching videos/films
  15. Reading books
  16. Attending classes
  17. Wrestling with information
  18. Experimenting and trying out
  19. Testing yourself in the unknown
  20. What type of risks are you willing to take?  
  21. Physical risks
  22. Emotional risks
  23. Social risks
  24. Mental risks
  25. Spiritual risks
  26. Who do you know that can help you prepare?

FINDING COURAGE AND CONVICTION 

The person in the picture is scaling a cliff. He has the right equipment, the right mindset and the right timing to master this incline. He is testing his skill with great courage and conviction. Think of the processes he engaged in to prepare himself to be ready to do this. 

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