Just when..............

"Life is really simply, but we insist on making it complicated."

~ Confucious

I have heard "them" say that success is just around the corner from the day you quit.

Maybe I should pay attention to "them".

After writing about civics and civility the other day, I found myself questioning why it is that I continue to write.

While attending to my daily early morning routine the next day, I actually said to myself,maybe it's time to just quit.

5 minutes later, as I was checking my emails which I do everyday first thing in the morning, I found an email from one of my fraternity brothers waiting for me.

It simply read "Put this one in the "Best of" folder!"

So much for quitting!

Oddly enough, on a day when I felt that I had lost my way in regards to why and what I write,I had multiple responses from all corners of the globe.

Kind of weird.

Earlier in the week, I had received an email from person who developed the online Mindfulness course that I have been struggling to finish.

He was launching a new project.

I couldn't help to understand just how much he has put into making this his life's calling. I was more that just impressed by all of the work he had to put in, all of the sacrifices he had to make,and the level of commitment he has had to create his brand.

It's all of that which is the difference between himself and me.

I just haven't been that committed. I haven't had that drive.

I haven't found that focus.I haven't been willing to make those sacrifices.

It's why I believed I should just quit.

Obviously if I am writing today, I have not just given up.

I know that it is highly unlikely that I will wake up one day and poof,like that, will have found the illuminated path that will lead me to where I might want to go.

Instead, I will continue to make my way through the thickets. If I stop,I will never get anywhere.

So as long as I keep moving forward,who knows.

Eventually I may find my way. Shabbat Shalom!