That good old fork in the road. Who would ever have thought it would turn out to provide such a great divide. A single road, turning into two, ensuring that a decision must be made. And what if after many years It was discovered that you had chosen the wrong one. It would mean that you would have to retrace every one of those steps just to go back to the start. And once back at the fork, and starting on the other road, you still wouldn't be sure if this would lead to any thing better. With this in mind is it any wonder that once a life course is chosen, people normally stick to it come what may.
“Go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are finding it.
With human nature being as it is, only a tiny minority would select the narrow gate the first time they got to the crossroad. The majority of us have found ourselves on the spacious road and found that it did in fact lead to destruction. Wanting to fit in, patterning, programming and inexperience no doubt played a large role in this incorrect choice of the two roads. This would mean then, that the majority of people who finding the narrow road have returned after forgoing the spacious and destructive road. This would require deep humility, bravery, curiosity and a call to adventure. To humbly admit a mistake even after many years on the wrong path. The bravery to retrace and admit missteps and to try another way. A profound curiosity and sense of adventure to motivate yourself in the face of the new and unknown.
Imagine the feeling that would envelop you, once the narrow road proved to be the right one. The people on this road would be supportive, seeking to build up rather than tear down. You would still have stones thrown at you from those on the spacious destructive road as they sought to knock you off this new and narrow road. But, they were doing that to you on the other road anyway. You would feel confident that every step on this new narrow road would lead to something greater and confirm itself in the embodiment of confidence. A confidence in this adventure, this opportunity to become all you can be.
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