Depart not from
the path which fate has you assigned.
SNARKY RESPONSE:
Path? Path! I don't see no stinkin' path. I'm treadin' water over here.
Depart not from the
path which fate has you assigned.
Is it just me or
is there something wrong with the construction of that fortune? I admit the
right-hand end of it was torn off (not sure what happened) but I think the last two words are in the wrong order. So, I'm gonna run with it. I'd love to see what
you think the Fortune Cookie Guru intended to write.
That said, I feel
the snarky response is not far off the mark.
I've never been
able to say I've clearly seen a path laid out for me. Probably just be me, but
mostly I am playing it by ear here. There are certainly parts of life that seem
mapped out (childhood/adolescence/adulthood, elementary/junior high/high
school/college), but after a point, I feel that life becomes an interesting
mixture of plans and leaps of faith.
I freely
admit that sometimes I should have planned more, and other times I should have
taken a flying leap, but mostly, I've tried to make the best of what life or
"fate" has dumped, er, shafted, uh, assigned me. Just kidding with
the negativity. (Mostly)
No, honestly, I've
been very fortunate and I expressed my gratitude on my Thanksgiving blog over
at Words, Women, Wisdom last week. So I'm not going to recap it here.
But in my humble
opinion, today's fortune is more about perseverance than about blind obedience.
If you select a goal and you truly invest in that goal, don't let yourself be
distracted. But IF you get distracted or suffer a roadblock, cut yourself some
slack and then get yourself back on track.
This is
especially apropos my NaNo. I was so far behind at the midpoint it wasn't even
worth discussing. I had made a formal commitment to my blog sisters in specific
and the world in general to get those 50,000 words in 30 days and at the
midpoint I was WAY below halfway. Thankfully, I didn't give up and equally
thankfully (mostly due to poor planning on my part earlier this year), I had
vacation to use or lose. Soooo, I used last week to make a serious dent in my
NaNo goal. I put myself in my chair and I didn't get up except for essentials,
and I did it. I caught myself up and then I kept at it until, when the dust
cleared, I reached 50,000! Yeppers, I did it! And now, because the story isn't
done, I'm pushing on to see just how far I can get before this Friday.
Wow, see what
happens when I start with a poorly constructed fortune? I end up with a rambling
blog post. So, life path clearly defined or not, I intend to persevere, one
goal at a time. What about you?
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