The Long Road

“The road to success is always under construction.” — Steve Maraboli

Imagine you are on the verge of seeing your true purpose, but it will only become clear to you after you have walked down a road with which you are not familiar yet. Many others have walked this road, but they have all encountered different obstacles along the way. Obstacles very different from what you might face as you take your solitary walk.

The long road welcomes all kinds of people: the dreamer, the thinker, the doer, and even the pragmatist. You may stay on this road, or you may venture off course once in a while. No one will mind because they are too busy walking down their own chosen path.

As you go down this road, you have to be ready to walk, saunter, hop, or crawl to reach your destination. The exciting thing about this road is that you will only know you’ve made it to the end when you’re already there. While you’re on the road, there’s no finish line in sight.

A few years ago, I read a story about a guitar player walking down a dirt road late at night. The guitar player only had 30 dollars in his pocket when he came to a nearby town. While in this sleepy town, he played in a bar for two nights and earned himself 50 dollars. With his earnings, he planned to catch a bus to the big city, where he could perform at his friend’s bar. It was the next step and evolution…