New Paths

The well-trodden paths in life -the ones that are clear and easy to follow- have already been carved out by others. These paths represent conventional wisdom, societal expectations, or traditional routes to success. But true fulfillment, Campbell suggests, comes from forging your own way.

This doesn’t mean that every individual has a predetermined unique path waiting for them. Rather, it’s an encouragement to venture into the unknown, to make choices based on your own way.

The above quote is from George Raveling in What You’re Made For: Powerful Life Lessons from my Career in Sports.

I feel I’ve ventured into many new paths: from time to time I’ve had the need to make a big swift, one that it may have not seemed logical at the time, that it wasn’t the easy one, and that was met with skepticism by some people around me. But they were what I felt was the path forward, and in retrospective I see them all as good choices that have helped me evolve and grow enormously in many ways.

I’m by no means special. To each, a new path may mean something different, and not always a radically different or less transitated road is necessarily the best option. But it’s good to remember there may be a handful of options in front of whatever circumstances and challenges one may be facing. Even for those of us that seem more naturally inclined to look for them.