Tag Archives: finding your way

Random thoughts – keeping you on your toes

Navigating the Maze

Leave a comment

I visited a corn maze on the weekend.  It was an interesting experience and got me thinking about the parallels to life.  Things like traveling down one path only to be blocked.

All around me are 8-foot tall corn stalks with narrowly defined paths through them.  Daylight trickles down from above, enough to see clearly but the question remains, which way to go?

Following the Clues

Like life, a maze is simply a network of defined pathways with clues as to the best path but ultimately a bit of a puzzle through which one has to find a way through.

In the case of the maze, the objective is to get out.  In the case of life, the end is inevitable (you will get out at some point) but the objective is similar, select the optimal paths to achieve the best outcomes.

The main question, both for the maze and life  is how to achieve the objectives?  What clues will guide you to ensure the achievement of your objective?  That is, how do you avoid wandering around aimlessly in the maze, fearful and hoping for the best.

The answers are a bit philosophical.

  • not just listening, hearing
  • more than seeing, understanding
  • don’t just touch, truly feel
  • seeking the delicious taste not just the ordinary

Escape

In life you will not leave the maze until death, what is most significant for you is the quality, enjoyment and pleasure you take from the journey.

My trip through the earthly maze this past weekend was worthwhile because I made it so.

Random thoughts – keeping you on your toes

There is a way

Leave a comment

If the path to your goal is blocked, seek other ways.  Philosophically, I sometimes muse on the fact whether anything is possible.  The answer always seems to be in the interpretation.

For example, while I cannot walk on the water of a lake if I build a hidden underwater catwalk I could look like I was walking on water, although certainly not in the biblical sense.

Effort and Duration

With unlimited effort and duration possibly any goal is attainable however realistically could I avoid death regardless of how much time and effort was involved?

Taxes maybe.

To some extent the limitation to overcoming blockages lie in your mind.  For  example the train in  “The Little Engine that Could” (a popular childrens story) accomplished the impossible task only when it thought it could.

Make the Attempt

For me the key is not having an absolute believe in success, maybe I cannot do everything; However,  making the attempt only requires attitude and that is something completely in my control.

This is not to say your attitude should be without constraint, obviously attempting anything could have some negative concequences.

The point is more; don’t not try to find a way to overcome a blockage for fear of failure, rather take this approach when the risk of concequence is too great.

So can I do anything?  The jury is out,  but I am pretty sure I can make the attempt if motivated to do so.