Each of our paths is unique. For some, the path through life is astonishingly uneventful and easy. For others, the path is endlessly steep and winding and marked by danger, sacrifice and setback. While most of us fall somewhere in between, of one thing we can all be sure; the path we take through life is unique to us and us alone.
Yes, there are similarities. We all go through certain physiological rites of passage. We all draw from a common pool of emotions, predictably laughing or crying at the same moments in a movie. We all go through a plethora of experiences that can be sorted into a relatively small number of universal categories.
But once we move beyond these generalities, each of our paths is far more individual, complex, and variable than our fingerprint, voice pattern, physical features or personality makeup.
What makes each of our paths so distinctive? The stones. More accurately, it’s the particular mosaic of stones that comprise our path. Physically speaking, a stone is a unique amalgamation of shape, size, color, texture, density, and composition. Figuratively, our stones represent the same amalgamation of what has shaped us and how we came to be who we are--and who we are becoming.
One of the most valuable ongoing tasks of life is to turn these stones over--to examine them closely and carefully--no matter what our age or stage. Why? Because, if we let them, they will teach us. They will counsel us, giving us insight into why we sometimes stumble over them, into our deeper selves, and into the beautiful and the beastly within each of us--and in each other.
TODAY.
LET’S GIVE OURSELVES AND THE WORLD A GIFT.
LET’S TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE THINK.
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