One of our friends contributed a couple brilliant little gems to our book, and his story bears repeating. Joe was a skilled craftsman who eventually got asked to teach at a technical college who then parlayed that into administrating at the college which eventually led him to the post he currently holds as head of an entire Junior College association.
Not exactly the sort of thing you can draw up before you head out to work one Monday morning.
But his secret lies in never compromising his core principles or sacrificing who he is to get where he’s going. Because Joe has a great sense of Who He Is, he has a lot of freedom. Thus, when someone approached Joe with a new opportunity it was easy to sift through the excitement and realize how that fit in his overall philosophy. So what seemed like detours off of his path were really just extensions of the same journey–like the mountain climber who reaches the summit only to realize that behind his mountain was an even taller one that needs climbing also.
So be open to new things, because you never know when one of those “detours” turns into your real Path. Just be wise about understanding how it all fits together in your Perfect Life.
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