How many times have we looked back on something that didn’t work out like we planned and wished we had never done it? Jobs we didn’t like, failed business ventures, relationships that didn’t work out … these are all things of the human experience that we all go through. It is a natural tendency to wish that we had avoided the failure or the pain and sometimes blame our present condition on past choices that we have made.
But, nothing in life is guaranteed. We have to make choices based upon the best information and experience we have available in the present moment. We can only base those choices on our current beliefs and our understanding of who we really are at this moment in time.
Things that don’t work out like we expect are only signs and learning experiences that help us find our way. They give us an opportunity to reevaluate who we are so that we can make choices in the future with more experience and wisdom. We should strive to find happiness in the journey. Past experiences are always positive if we see it that way … we should never regret any of them.
Something that doesn’t work out like you thought is just a “mountain that had to be climbed” … let’s all just go on to the next mountain!
Happy climbing … Randi
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Below is my poem “The Mountain” which was narrated on my 2008 album “Life Is Good” and included in my 2009 book “Tales From A Singer-Songwriter: A Spiritual Road”:
THE MOUNTAIN By Randi Perkins
I made my way up the mountain
Through the rugged valleys, against the rushing rivers
And over the jagged rocks ……
When I got high enough, I turned and I looked back down
At the lush and green and fertile plain ……
That I was struggling to get away from
I wondered why ……is the grass really greener somewhere?
But, I continued to climb ……against the driven snow,
the wind ……and against the loneliness ……
All in anticipation of what was on the other side
I finally got high enough to peer beyond the top of the mountain
And all I saw was barren desert ……
And I knew it was time ……to turn and go back down
But, in all of my sorrow and frustration from the climb,
I knew all was not lost ……
For it was a mountain that had to be climbed
