We all want life to go by pretty much as planned. For the most part we like things to be predictable and reliable. There is a comfort in the normalcy of this. We know who we are and what we offer, who the people in our lives are and what we mean to each other. So we set things up in the way that they can be most secure. A secure future. Well a wise man once said "Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans." That man was Mr. John Lennon. Leave it to the man who said "All you need is love" to speak such simple words of truth. Plan as we may life always seems to have it's way. I agree that it's alluring and perhaps might be best sometimes to take the safe way out. The path that seems to be clear and that most everyone is cheering you on for looks bright and sunny and hard to resist.
But before you head forward stop for a moment and think about what is really in your heart. Are you giving up anything by taking this road? Is the more unknown, dark and twisty road perhaps not easier but more valuable to get to know who you really are and what you really want? The secure path is nearly a sure thing but will it make your inner life light up? The truth is we don't know where either road will lead and all we have is what is right in front of us. Although sometimes we have gone so far down the wrong road it's hard to decipher forward from backwards. How do we know which way to go? The further you have strayed from what you really want the more you will feel like you are putting on a show for everyone and perhaps even yourself. Take a moment to come face to face with what you really want and ask yourself "What am I pretending to not know that I really do know?" and "What will I do now that I know?".
It's nice to know there is a consistency to life, it's great to have security, but if you are giving up who you could be for who you should be well that's no life at all.
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