We are quick to forget where we have been. The fears we’ve had, the pain we suffered, the challenges we had to face, the corners we had to cut.
And in that tiny space between where we were and where we are now we build up the judgement for those who have yet to complete their journey.
If only we could extend a helping hand instead.
How often do plans only feature the place where you want things to end? How often do plans completely disregard the place where you are today, your current resources, your needs and wants, the requests of those involved?
A plan needs some solid basis to be taking you where you want to go.
There’s what we hope it will happen.
There’s what we hope it won’t happen.
And often we hold on to the former to get motivation, inspiration, excitement. Or we let the latter drag us down, feed our fears, control our life.
But we forget that there are also a whole lot of possible in-betweens. Situations that do not match the one or the other perfectly, and are a mix of positive and negative.
That’s what we need to accept.
Life is in the middle.
Stick with something long enough and it will change you.
Stick with something you have chosen, something that is difficult, something that is inspiring, something you would not normally do, something that you had wanted to do for a long time. And it will become a passion, a second nature, an habit.
Stick with something long enough and it will save you.
We constantly think at what is missing, the part of the journey we have not completed yet, what others have that we do not, the emptiness that we need to fill.
And by doing that we fail to notice the kind gesture, the moment of joy, the hand that’s being extended to us, the gratitude of our neighbour, the fullness that we don’t want to empty.
That’s how it goes.
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