Don't stagnate on your path

If we sit upon the path of life, doing the same thing the same way every day, day after day after day, are we growing?

Or are we stagnating?

There is a lovely ease with which we can settle ourselves into a ‘rut’ into a repetitive pattern where we know what we are doing, know the outcomes, know the procedures and responses, know how to get the results we desire. Compare this to knowing how to make a batch of scones and getting a perfect result every time, but never daring to try anything new, never daring a batch of cheese scones, or bacon, or herb, or saltana, least the results are not good. We know what we are doing with a mix for plain scones, we can predict the result, so we spend the rest of our life making only plain scones, and taking no risks. We hear about other people making savoury scones containing ham, feta cheese, and sundried tomato, and we envy them, but we dare not try.

Though scone making may seem a bizarre comparison to life itself, the concept does apply. It equates to the saying: if you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Nothing will change, or grow, or evolve. Everything remains the same. Think about going into any café in the world and the only food is a plain scone, and the only drink is a coffee with milk no sugar. You would not expect that in a café, so why would you even consider accepting that in your own life?

Change is movement, between one level and another, and the journey between these levels can be uncomfortable, confusing, and sometimes even painful. But, the higher level brings with it a greater level of peace, of love, or understanding, and of joy. It is worth it on a very personal level.

Do what you can in this lifetime. Grow as much as you can in this lifetime. Be as magnificent as you can be in this lifetime. Love as much as you possibly can in this lifetime. There is no guarantee what the next lifetime you live will be, so make the most of the understanding that you have in this lifetime, and push yourself!

Don’t settle for plain scones when you can have something magnificent!!!