The Next Step; Uncertain

Life just feels so uncertain. It's that moment when you're driving into a metropolis like Atlanta or Minneapolis and suddenly one road branches like a tree into five directions. Overwhelmed, overstimulated, and way over stressed. The road my beautiful wife and I've been on has been lovely but is now coming to a season of change, we know we have to take an exit that is soon approaching but where to go? how much further? which exit is correct?

When making these kinds of decisions we often fall back on an external source to guide us; my parents utilized the Atlas, where my generation has heavily relied on the precision of GPS. Both approaches comes with an Achilles heal; The Atlas cannot predict road closures and GPS easily lose connection or misdirect you.

Mentoring has been a fall back medication for my life's uncertainties. I see the choices my friends, family, and mentors have made and much like the Atlas try to follow in their foot-steps trusting in the map and the journey they've made before me. Though I idealize these influential men and women in my wife, we're all born with a sense of uniqueness; the road that worked for my brother would does not necessarily work for me.

G.P.S. stands for Global Positioning System and is used to travel from point A to point B without the stressful and challenging task of navigating the Atlas. My wife and I love GPS it's helped us explore the world in a way that wouldn't be possible without it's direction. Through utilizing this resource we've discovered jewels such as hidden waterfalls in the Carolinas and secret drives along Lake Superiors North Shore. One word dims the journey however leaving us with a sense of dread; recalculating. The technology's way of way of saying, "ummmmm.....guys?", "well it's gotta be around here somewhere...", or "Okay, I admit it I'm lost." Utilizing your own resources, motivation, and power can be fun and exciting in times of change, however, what happens when you get going in like and suddenly your internal GPS says "Recalculating."

That brings me back to uncertainty. Though initially negative, uncertainty forces us to move. Whether we make a plan far before the exit or seconds from our turn action needs to be taken in the face of uncertainty. I guess that's where I need to grow most, utilizing both my Atlas and GPS to help make the wisest and most informed decision.