Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us,
and glimpsed the follies, and misfortunes
that would befall us later on,
we would all stay in our mother's wombs.
Lemony Snicket
When I was a young adult, it was probably a good thing I did not know what was loitering in the hallways of this classroom called life. As a seasoned adult, I look back and wonder how I had the resilience to accomplish all that I have.
If we were given an itinerary at birth, and applied organizational skills and well thought out goals with outcomes, we certainly would still fall short of the expected mark. How could we possibly maintain focus for all of time?
I do not believe we are predestined, that there is a specific detailed profile for us as we have freedom of choice which allows us to stray all over the map. I do believe there is a gentle outline of expectations or lessons we need to learn with a variety of ways to accomplish this. I sometimes have compared my life to a billiard game where I am the ball bouncing off one post into another until I reach the needed destination.
And what about second chances? If I were shown all of the errors of my ways and given another chance at life, certainly I would not make the same mistakes ... I'd end up making new ones ... and maybe they would be worse than the first!
It is a good thing I do not have control over the mechanics of this existence named life. I believe Spirit allows me to wander from my intended path, yet ultimately I am guided back to where I need to be. Sometimes it seems as though I am on a scavenger's hunt, collecting parts of myself from one place and then another.
I do not believe I would have preferred to remain in the womb. I don't do well in crowded places and need to be out in the sun. I am fairly impatient and get bored if I cannot relax into walking or reading. And good grief, how would I write or worse yet, talk! No, life has unfolded better outside of the womb.
If we were given an itinerary at birth, and applied organizational skills and well thought out goals with outcomes, we certainly would still fall short of the expected mark. How could we possibly maintain focus for all of time?
I do not believe we are predestined, that there is a specific detailed profile for us as we have freedom of choice which allows us to stray all over the map. I do believe there is a gentle outline of expectations or lessons we need to learn with a variety of ways to accomplish this. I sometimes have compared my life to a billiard game where I am the ball bouncing off one post into another until I reach the needed destination.
And what about second chances? If I were shown all of the errors of my ways and given another chance at life, certainly I would not make the same mistakes ... I'd end up making new ones ... and maybe they would be worse than the first!
It is a good thing I do not have control over the mechanics of this existence named life. I believe Spirit allows me to wander from my intended path, yet ultimately I am guided back to where I need to be. Sometimes it seems as though I am on a scavenger's hunt, collecting parts of myself from one place and then another.
I do not believe I would have preferred to remain in the womb. I don't do well in crowded places and need to be out in the sun. I am fairly impatient and get bored if I cannot relax into walking or reading. And good grief, how would I write or worse yet, talk! No, life has unfolded better outside of the womb.
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