Is This Your Defining Moment?
In every epic adventure, the hero is forced to make a critical decision: Charge forward on the adventure and commit to the unexpected, or retreat back to the ordinary.
Defining moments determine whether time will be your friend or foe. Fall prey to time and watch it swallow you like quicksand. Master time and extract every juicy morsel Father Time provides.
The true adventure is tumultuous and uncertain. The unpaved, unmarked trail illuminates the path of your evolution. Whenever you recoil from the rocky trail, you forgo a defining moment. In that instant, time tames you.
Defining moments pervade all life arenas: Do you conduct one more client call or flee home? Do you book a weekend getaway with your significant other or conjure up an excuse? Do you script a loving note to a friend or flip through a magazine? Do you dive into a thought-provoking book or flop on the couch with the remote control? Do you engage in a quick morning jog or hit ‘snooze’?
Moments of decision shape your lifestyle, and ultimately, your destiny. Each moment is a building block helping to either enhance or deflate your future.
Your adventure will be glorious if you eliminate the option to return to the status quo. As author Andy Andrews says in Burn the Boats, “The desire to succeed is not enough. We must eliminate the mental safety nets that keep us from reaching our goals.”
Heed the words of mythology expert Joseph Campbell, “The BIG question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty ‘yes’ to your adventure.”
Explore the unknowns that lie ahead on your mysterious trail. Be grateful for the power of decision and the ability to tackle any challenge. And if you momentarily lack the courage to continue, stay the course with innocent curiosity of what life has in store for you.
Remember the Zen teaching: All fear is illusion. Walk straight ahead no matter what.
The doorways to adventure stand open and waiting.
Related posts:
Nice thoughts! We have nothing to fear but fear itself!