I’ve been thinking …
Life is complicated. We learn from each other how to navigate this thing called life. We first learned from parents, then from teachers, coaches and for those fortunate enough to partner up with one, a mentor who articulates important life-enhancing behaviors. We glean knowledge from listening and from watching others. The common thread in how we learn is guidance woven through every aspect. We need guides to teach us things we may never understand without the wisdom of people willing to share from their experiences. We need guides to pour into us from their wisdom.
To look forward and not back;
to look inward before stepping outward;
to grieve a little for what is lost but be thankful more for what is still here;
to plant seeds of encouragement in the dirt that is sometimes dark and heavy;
to be grateful for what is before presuming the best of life is yet to be experienced;
to be careful how you live your moments because they become your memories.
Do you wonder how to get from where you are to where you want to be? Seek a guide who has already forged the path and found success.
Anyway … That’s what I was thinking.
This vignette is written for Five Minute Friday. The prompt is GUIDE. The rules are to write for five minutes without overthinking, without editing, and let the words come from your soul.
I remember my first grade school teacher, my first mentor. Her picture sits on my desk as I write to remember too always be true with my comings and goings in what ever I do.
Once my kid becomes the legal age to drink his first beer, I’m going to tell him that life is the connection and interconnection of people that he’ll accidentally bump into. Everything else will just distract him from that.
This made me smile, Chris. I’ve never had my first beer. ? I still like your perception though.
Great article Jane. While I have had some great people to guide me in life I now find as I get older that I have this inner voice that guides what I do. I also find the more you reach out and help others the more you know your purpose in life and that guide will always be with you. Thank you for guiding me today with your words.
Well, that is true, Jane. It seems to me though that we often complicate our lives by the decisions we make and those that we don’t make. Sometimes that complication comes from a focus on achieving and acquiring and less on those things that are most important.
Perhaps our lives would be less complicated if we focussed more on happiness, health, and helping those around us.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom that we can all benefit from, Ken. I believe we complicate life when we perpetually look too far ahead and forget to be present in the moment. We would be foolish to not to look ahead, but we can live neither in the future nor in the past. We live now and to do otherwise is to create complexity and chaos.
Quite right, Jane.