You know what they say about being stuck between a rock and hard place? Have you ever found yourself in such a situation? Having to make a decision and not knowing which one to make. Sometimes you know but all the choices available to you come with some risk and being human, it's only natural to want to take the route that has the minimum risk.
Without delving into details let's just say I recently found myself in such a situation. Having to choose between what I want to do and what I have to do. The disadvantage of not being young and carefree is that, the choices you have to make are no longer just about you but there are other people in your life too that you have to consider and think about. You have to go through that consideration because you know that whatever you decide will affect them as well.
What do you do when you find yourself at a crossroad? Turn left or right, move backward or forward or stay put. You have 5 options available to you but whichever one you make leaves you with 3 possibilities.....you either find what your soul yearns for or you dont but find something better than you had hoped for or you fall behind.
It's both terrifying and exciting at the same time. Terrifying because you are forging into the unknown and exciting because you have the chance to make a decision that could possibly set the tone for how the rest of your life is going to be. The thing that makes being at a crossroad so difficult is our need as human beings to be comfortable and safe and I've spoken about how this need can hold us back and limit us.
There's also the fear, that annoying voice in your head that manages to come up with all the reasons why you shouldn't take the plunge, why it's too risky and why you may fail. If you not careful that voice has the ability to overpower your dreams and the possibilities to a point that you don't believe in them anymore.
If you wondering what I did with my recent crossroad: The answer is that I decided to move forward and take the plunge. Am I scared? Oh hell yes I am but thinking of the options I had, I decided that my dreams of the future were to be more powerful than my fears and even if I don't know what the outcome will be, I resolved that it was better to try and fail than live with the regret of what if.
That's the only option that's ever availed to us at a crossroad. The choice to discard our fears, to leave the comfort of what we know in pursuit of what our hearts truly desire. Life has no safety nets and everyday between being born and dying, we are given countless opportunities to be reborn, to seek the treasure that makes us toss and turn at night. Those things that we yearn for can only be found once we are willing to make those hard choices and decisions. When we finally find that our dreams mean more to us than staying put and waiting, in that moment, we know that even when multiple arrows are presented before us pointing in different directions, we will gladly choose the option that scares us the most but puts us a step closer to what we desire.
