“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” ~T.S. Eliot
Are you on a path that does not serve you? Have you fallen and are finding yourself pressed down against the floorboards of life?
Maybe you’ve made mistakes. Maybe you’ve taken the wrong path and veered off course and have crashed off the side of the road.
Nothing unique there. We all trip and fall from time to time and sometimes even crash into brick walls.
But the beauty of each moment is that each moment contains within it the freshness of a new start, the seeds of reinvention, the key to building a new life on the fallen ruble of an old one.
The secret to a happy life is not to avoid all crashes, but to see clearly the need for the new start, the willingness to turn the key and the courage to turn the wheel in a new direction.
Hi Ken, great perspective about that awesome quote. I loved the image too.
Somehow the photo credit link is not working for me.
Thankyou for sharing your valuable thoughts.
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Thanks Neil. Yeah, powerful image, isn’t it? Thanks for the heads-up on the link. Its fixed now.
Have an awesome day!
PS: Love the title of your linked post.
Hi Ken,
“The secret to a happy life is not to avoid all crashes, but to see clearly the need for the new start, the willingness to turn the key and the courage to turn the wheel in a new direction.”
Very well put.
I think our beliefs determine how we experience our life, and that new start probably involves seeing things in a new way.
If all we can see is our own beliefs about what is going on in our life, then that brick wall is going to feel like a crash. Its job is to show us we need to start to look at things that are outside the scope of our current beliefs.
That can be uncomfortable.
We need to see them so we can use the new information to help us steer our life in that new direction – however big or small the turn that needs to happen right now is.
As you put so well, the more we try to look for the new information the easier it is to see.
I think in some way we crash into the wall on purpose because, at a deeper level, we know were ready to see beyond the comfort zone of our current beliefs.
Larry
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Thanks, Larry. Yes, most significant change is a bit uncomfortable, if not disconcerting. Even the recognition that change is needed can be a humbling (and therefore and uncomfortable) experience, right?
That’s a fascinating perspective, Larry–that we sometimes crash on purpose to force growth, moving us out of our comfort zones when we sense were ready for it. I’d like to give that one some thought. Love thought-provoking ideas. You’ll likely keep me up tonight thinking this one over! 🙂
Hi Ken, very inspiring. We all need to keep your quote in mind “The secret to a happy life is not to avoid all crashes, but to see clearly the need for the new start, the willingness to turn the key and the courage to turn the wheel in a new direction”. As I may add to this, use these crashes a lessons learned in life, focus on what needs to be done, start fresh and always move forward to achieve your goals.
Thanks for the added insight, Sherill. Loved what you added to the message. The value of life’s crashes is in exactly what you identified–learning the lessons the crash provides and taking the next step in a better direction.
Loved your post. We all deserve a new and fresh start. We all have gone through difficulties in life and even if we have failed in the past, what is important is to get back up and move forward and get that fresh start in life.
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