Forks
On my motorcycle a few weeks back I came to a roundabout in the road. I will admit, I find them a bit daunting to navigate as I encounter them so rarely and so I went ahead and bailed out too quickly and ended up on a bit of a detour as a result. I must say that getting lost on a motorcycle is not really a bad thing, so it worked out in the end, but did give me some food for thought around how we approach these "fork in the road" moments.
In our lives we come to many forks in the road, some more significant than others. Sometimes the route is quite clear and there is no decision to be made, as we already know how we want to proceed and there really is no downside to the outcome of our choice.
Other forks come with a sense that going one way over the other will result in a change in path that cannot easily be undone, and the weight of that decision can be overwhelming.
I heard a powerful message this week in a podcast - danger is real, fear is a choice - you can choose to feel fear and push past if that is all that is standing between you and the path that you know you must take. Not to say that pushing past fear and following your instincts is easy, it is often the hardest decision that you can make. Keep in mind, more often than not, the choices that are right for us are not the easy ones. But they are also the ones that feel right, loosens the knot in our stomach, and also allows us to breathe deeply again and to look in the mirror and face the person who is looking back at us.
As you face your next fork in the road, instead of giving in to the sense of panic or fear around having to make a decision, stop and take a breath. Imagine the outcome of each path ahead and trust that even a decision that may seem wrong in the moment will provide you with learning and experience that you can apply to the next fork you encounter.
In our lives we come to many forks in the road, some more significant than others. Sometimes the route is quite clear and there is no decision to be made, as we already know how we want to proceed and there really is no downside to the outcome of our choice.
Other forks come with a sense that going one way over the other will result in a change in path that cannot easily be undone, and the weight of that decision can be overwhelming.
I heard a powerful message this week in a podcast - danger is real, fear is a choice - you can choose to feel fear and push past if that is all that is standing between you and the path that you know you must take. Not to say that pushing past fear and following your instincts is easy, it is often the hardest decision that you can make. Keep in mind, more often than not, the choices that are right for us are not the easy ones. But they are also the ones that feel right, loosens the knot in our stomach, and also allows us to breathe deeply again and to look in the mirror and face the person who is looking back at us.
As you face your next fork in the road, instead of giving in to the sense of panic or fear around having to make a decision, stop and take a breath. Imagine the outcome of each path ahead and trust that even a decision that may seem wrong in the moment will provide you with learning and experience that you can apply to the next fork you encounter.
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