Seeking Our Eternal Road
Michael McMillan
Sales and Customer Experience Consultant, Coach, TEDx Speaker, and Author
We seek to find a road that was created just for us to travel down. Each morning we wake, begin to walk, and quickly feel this is not our way. We look around to see where is our way and then continue down the road we are on as at least we know it.
The day comes to a close, and we close our eyes to dream of the road we shall find the next day. The path that will put us on our journey that we are intended to be traveling.
The next dawn breaks, we wake up excited to discover the new road we shall travel today. We get prepared, and then we get on the same route as the day before. Not intentional by any means, but it is the same. Again we realize it is not right, but here we are and hopefully, tomorrow will be better than today.
Day after day, we live this life seeking a path, but never willing to leave the one we are on. We make excuses for kids, home, wife, husband, car, or things. Each reason is what puts us on the same path each day toward the ultimate realization of where we do not want to be.
For so many, this is the life they live until the day they close their eyes for the last time. When all the memories of days gone by showing themself as a path through time. As they see this path shadows of alternative ways begin to appear. Each one marked at the time they realized they, "this is not the road I expected to be on." At the end of each shadow, a new life, and a new result.
Now for eternity, they sit and stare at this map of paths. For some happy with their choices and outcomes, but for others burdened with what they could have had if they only not made so many excuses.
Leading us to the question of what path are you following today? The same one as yesterday and the day before, or the new one that will have you happy for eternity?
The path to the end of your road is shorter than you will ever expect. If you feel you are not on the right one, it is time to make a change!
To Your Success & Prosperity,
Michael McMillan
Biz Dev Outreach
5 年Change is hard, but this was very well said Michael!
Very deep Michael.
Marketing Consultant & Advisor | Go-to-Market Strategist | Driving Leads, Revenue & Growth Through End-to-End Campaigns | 15+ Years Experience
5 年I can attest to this with a recent transition in my career moving from Executive Leadership at a Fortune 60 company to Freelancing. I once loved my job and my boss there, but, without a good leader, I found myself dreading each day and the job I was doing. I became miserable, irritable, and depressed. I walked away from a lot of money and security to go after the work minus the politics and meetings that were consuming all of my time. And it's the best decision I ever made. Instead of dreaming to win the lotto so I could quit and volunteer, I'm able to manage my time to work 30 hours and use the other 10 hours each week to put God and my family first, volunteer, and exercise. I was absolutely terrified, but I decided to break up what I needed to do each week into small chunks. And when I got scared, I relied on my faith and prayed. And I feel so blessed to begin this new chapter on the road less traveled. Thank you for sharing.
CEO & Co-Founder at BrainStation India Foundation. I help find purpose and ways to pursue it.
5 年I think, I get what you are saying here. 1) Don't make excuses or procrastinate. 2) Even if you feel you are on the right path, evaluate regularly, and make changes that are needed. Change your entire path if required. Yes, indeed. What you missed here, in my humble opinion, is touching a little bit about 'How.' I know, one can't fit everything in a single article but when we talk about journeys we should not only know about how to select a road/path but also how to navigate it and switch lanes and take turns. I would love to see another article about that. PS: I am curious to know why did you choose the word shadows to describe alternatives?