Directions

Day 61.

A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction or at such a speed. It feels an impulsion... this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too,  when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons. Richard Bach, Illusions.

We think we have made the right choices, chosen the right path, put ourselves with the right people. We believe we've don't all we can to set ourselves up for the future we want and deserve. It's right there for the taking, we just have to reach for it....just a little further now, reach.... OOPS. How'd you end up there on the floor, on your back? God's plan was a little different than what you had worked out. Betcha didn't see that coming, did ya? Looking at the ground, it's hard to see what's right in front of you.

There's always that nagging little feeling, in the back of your mind. That you've missed some detail, some nuance, that would change everything. The knowledge that something might go wrong, you might have to change the plan. But forward you go, into the fray that is your life. A little advance knowledge would be nice, just to prepare you for when the crap hits the fan, right?

Unless you're willing to quit staring at the ground, looking at the feet of people scurrying by you like rats being herded into a cage, you'll never see it coming. When you can raise yourself up high enough to look down at the things you're doing from a bird's eye view, from a point of strength instead of weakness, THEN you can see the road ahead. The bridge that's out, the tree fallen across the road, the flooded parking lot where you've left your dreams.

When you can turn over the complications, release the pre-conceived notion that the plan of your own making isn't something that's doable, only then will you see who is in control. You're just a bystander until you realize you have to be lifted up above the clouds to get a good look at things. No waiting on the ground, satisfied being pushed along by the breeze. Climb the tallest tree, and look around. See for yourself. 


Lesson Sixty One: Are you content with being herded into life's cage? Why have dreams if all you're going to do is watch them pass you by? Think about how you are manipulated by the choices you've made, and realize that if there's a way in, there's also a way out.

669 to go...