“When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.”—Orison Swett Marden
We are on a journey. Our paths are not the same. We don’t all travel at the same pace. Nobody is “on right track” (thus implying that others are “on the wrong track”). We are just on different paths.
We have a tendency to judge. We judge those who aren’t as progressed in the journey. We judge those who are (seemingly) farther along in the journey than we perceive ourselves to be. Yeah, this has to stop.
We are where we are. I am where I am. You are where you are. We need to just accept each other in the place the other is. We need to understand that we are all somewhere and that is not where we are going to ultimately end up—or it least it shouldn’t be.
Growth. Change. Progress. These are never final destinations.
Spiritual “well-centeredness” requires that we acknowledge that the Universe is bigger than we are. We are connected. We are co-creations in something with infinite boundaries. How then can we put limits on what we don’t know?
I consider myself a person of faith. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). As such, I have to leave room for the realization that what I believe is grossly inadequate. This is not to say “false”. Rather, it is likely that it is incomplete. I am learning. I am growing. In turn, I trust that others are growing and learning. So, if we are hoping for the same thing and in the process of searching, is it not best to meet others where they are? After all, they are meeting us where we are.
I find it exciting that we are doing life together in ways that will pass regularly from incongruent to congruent to incongruent. It is in these moments of discomfort that we stimulate growth. Carpe momento!