20. That wrong path we took was right at the time

Ian Dowling | Thinking out loud

So often we look back at so called failures and regret the path we took which led us there but that path was the right path at that time.

Recently my friend and his girlfriend were took a detour to avoid Forrest fires on the East coast of Australia only to be told by officials to turn back and go a different way which added 4 hours to their drive. They were annoyed at wasting 4 hours on this so called wrong path but that path was the right path while they were on it and only in hindsight did it become the wrong path. Often we look at our so called failed relationships and careers like this and be think we wasted years on the wrong path but we need to remember that these so called wrong paths are part of this infinite journey that we are on and so they were absolutely the right path and now this path we are currently on is also the right path.

I hope you enjoy the episode :-) xx