On the Way or In the Way....

I've had a few interesting experiences over the past few months and no time to write about them.  Sometimes life is like that.

I wish I was back on the road, on the way somewhere. I've been reading the road signs for directions but they're not always clear....so you keep referring to the map, thinking the signs would be a lot more helpful if you knew exactly where you were.  

Late in the Fall I had an opportunity get involved with a project but it fell through after preliminary meetings to get it off the ground.   I felt anxious about it, not peaceful, and was so relieved when my team had to pull out.   Why would I feel so much relief?  Do we find it hard to accept "no's" when we ask God for guidance.  It's as if we assume that good projects for good causes will always turn out for good, and that we do not consider the possibility that it's NOT be meant to be. The relief affirmed to me that pulling out was the right decision, it was not the right path to take at that particular time.  

So I feel ready to be on my way somewhere.  I wonder if we let our past experiences, of where we've been,  get in the way of where we could be going.   A great experience can often catapult you into a next great success, while a difficult time can hold you back.   A bad experience can make you close up shop and withdraw to place where it feels safe to be out of circulation for a while.

At the beginning of the month I had the opportunity to attend the Global Leadership Summit which was simulcast all over North America out of Chicago.   Great leaders sharing their expertise with more than 100,000 people.  People who share a desire to grow, to move, to change. So I suppose that's why we were there:To learn to travel more efficiently, to fine tune the navigation process, to relate better to our traveling companions, and to bring the destination into focus more clearly

I've been a bit frustrated by change. Why can't things stay the same? I suppose if things stayed the same, we'd never get out of Dodge, would we....  My experiences, good or bad, change the way I am. And so the direction of my path may change too.


Do I want to change, or do I just want to change the world?

Maybe, just maybe, if I am who I am, I will change the world, just by being in it. Not the whole world, just someone's world....and most days...that's enough.