When I first heard the term 'walking the path', I imagined the path to be a long straight road with nothing on it. Later on I stuck a horizon in the distance to give it a bit of perspective. But in reality it was nothing like that.
I did not imagine that the path would be so full of rocks and snag roots with most of it being more of an uphill climb. I also did not imagine that there would be weather conditions like high winds, torrential rainstorms and endless fog. With these conditions it was easy to imagine how one could be turned around or disoriented.
It was all too easy to give up on things when life got tough. But if there is any value placed in the things we achieve it is the effort that we put into it to get there. I would say that my life had been pretty tough but then that is just my perspective. Other people may have had it worse and I accept that. I have no desire to compete. Being bigger or better or having something worse than others is not the issue. Whatever life throws at us is what we have to deal with. The point about it is whether we learn something worthwhile from that experience. Some people have a tougher time simply because they didn’t learn the first time.
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