No Other Path

“Could we but see the pattern of our days,

We should discern how devious were the ways

By which we came to this, the present time,”

How many times have you asked yourself whether you were on the right path in your life?

How often have you worried that you were going the wrong way in life or that you were going no way at all?

If this is true, join the human race! In my years of working with clients and talking with friends and loved ones, this question has frequently surfaced.

It’s as if we have a personal Mapquest that warns us when it thinks we’re about to veer off a “predetermined” path.

Since it’s a common concern, I want to dive deeper into this with you. We’ll first set the stage by sharing a poem that beautifully encapsulates our theme. Martha Smock calls it No Other Way:?

“Could we but see the pattern of our days,

We should discern how devious were the ways

By which we came to this, the present time,

This place in life; and we should see the climb

Our soul has made up through the years.

We should forget the hurts, the wanderings, the fears,

The wastelands of our life, and know that we

Could come no other way, or grow

Into our good without these steps

Our feet found hard to take, our faith found hard to meet.

The road of life winds on, and we, like travelers,

Go from turn to turn until we come to know

The truth that life is endless

And that we forever are inhabitants of all eternity.”

The essence is that every challenge, every deviation on our path, is essential to our growth and the attainment of our dreams. While this sounds sensible, you and I know that whenever we encounter an obstacle, there’s still the nagging voice that says, “ Have I taken the wrong turn somewhere? Is this where I’m supposed to be? Am I on the right path?”

These questions plagued my mind while writing my third book, Mastering Life’s Energies. In the beginning, I thought it would take no more than five months to write, and I figured I could do it by writing 15 pages each week for 22 weeks. I visualized a straight line that would take me from where I was to where I wanted to go.?

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