6/24/24, Entry 4: Different Starting Points
Unless you have, or find positive peers to show you where they started their journey people tend to embark on their journey from different starting points and at different points in time. When I decided to set out on my journey to becoming a better person it felt like the path I took was deserted, the ground wasn’t beaten by footsteps to confirm that people have been down this road.
I thought maybe if I ventured further down this path I would find cues that people have been through this pathway before. I remember looking back and could see my footprints leading back to my starting point, I thought it’s not too late to turn around and go back to what I knew.
My soul cringed at that very thought because I really didn’t want to live that lifestyle anymore but I didn’t know how to start a new life. Unsure of what to do I looked around in desperation for answers, signs, cues, anything to tell me I was on the right track. What was only minutes of uncertainty felt like years of wondering around in a pitch black 10,000 square foot warehouse with a little flashlight searching for the exit.
Resolved to change my ways I choose to keep moving forward repeating my mantra, ‘forward focused, not backward looking’. Suddenly, just when I thought I was lost I encountered footprints and followed them to what lead me to an extremely beaten down path. At that point I realized I arrived at a crossroad, then another realization hit me: although my journey’s starting point was different this junction lead me to think that maybe everybody is headed to the same finish line, maybe I could meet like-minded people down the road. So without looking back I crossed over on to a road determined to never turn back!
