Forks and Roads

Isn’t it interesting that we always seem to have forks in our roads?

We’re always running into “fork-time,” another opportunity to choose which road we should travel and and consider where it will take us. Is this the right path for my life, – or not? What career should I pursue? Who should I hang out with? What’s my purpose? How do I know?

I think I post this idea, to make us alert about those choices we are making.

I’ve always loved the image of coming to a place along the road where you have to make a decision. You know, for example, that moment on the freeway where you see upcoming highway choices. You know this is about to be a significant moment. Either it will be the right road to your destination, or it could really take you off course, going completely the wrong way for quite a while. Often, as in life, the further along the wrong road we go, the wronger it becomes! (I know that’s not a word, but it fits.)

Yet at the original juncture,when we begin to make choices, those choices are often more simple than we might think.

Here is a truism: The more in tune we are with wanting to be and do good, with thinking and doing right, with unselfish motives, the safer the road. The higher, better, often more courageous choice,  will always place us securely on a good path.

The more we choose good, the more we will feel our life sustained and directed by Good. We will recognize, then, that we are governed by divine law, the law of God, which is the only true law that exists. This law of God, good, will be our guide and protector.

Contrarily, if choices are made in the negative, things like dishonesty, laziness, simply negative thinking, or allowing ourselves to be diverted on a materialistic road, our way will be rockier, and we will ultimately need to re-think the path we’re on. It will inevitably lead nowhere.

The road many people seem to be fascinated with right now may include a lack of morality and integrity, as the signposts along the way are showing. Hanging out on these roads weakens us, causing us to losing strength simply because we don’t know where we’re going. In a recent survey of millennials, when asked what their goals were for their lives, a substantial percentage said they wanted “to be rich and famous.” And because so many have been influenced to think this is the way to success, it might make folks think that’s the road to be on.

We are all, in truth and fact, better than a rocky, self- involved path.

The road less traveled,- or that the world want you to believe is less traveled,- might sometimes seem somewhat lonely with not many fellow travelers. But you don’t choose your life goals or purposes based on how many are walking along with you. You choose the road you’re on based on what you, as a wonderful, essentially needed contributor to the world, are uniquely here to accomplish.

Choose the path with lights on it. The spiritual sense, the moral sense, brings light to our paths, and always lights the view with the good that is possible.

This beautiful road has more lights on it; it has a deep spiritual sense and the most wonderful moral sense of good that always lifts and lightens the way. Dark places are removed when there is light. You can see your way, and the conviction that you’re on the right road gives you the courage to continue.