Go Against the Current
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Many people become fickle, believing that if something goes wrong or does not seem right that it must be a sign from the Universe that this is not right.
Well, if every bump in the road makes you change course, then no, it is not for you. Because life will try to hinder your awakening.
When salmon swim upstream and return home, they struggle against the current, with many obstacles in their way.
You, too, must go against the current to fulfill your purpose.
— Eric Pepin, The Handbook of the Navigator
I think this statement should be posted in everyone’s home, office, and car. It’s a great reminder to keep challenging ourselves even when it seems too hard to carry forward. Push on … push on.
Think about it: what if you never challenged yourself, challenged someone or something? What if we all gave up on our passions because it was just too hard? We and the world around us would be as stagnant and lifeless as a rock. Now tell me, what kind of existence is that? That’s right—it’s just an existence.
That statement really hits home for me because it’s something I find comfort and motivation in at times when I don’t feel that I’m following the right path or that it’s too much of a struggle to get to my “destination.” It reminds me to keep going because the greatest things in life (I think) have a little bit of “challenge” attached to them in some form. I think that the struggle, just like the journey, is more important than the destination. And worth every bit of sweat.
If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.
— Tom Hanks, A League of Their Own
~Amanda~
