The view is always better on the other side of the lake

Life is a journey. If you are a Lord of the rings fan then maybe you can picture yourself as Frodo. So you are on this epic quest to get to the place where you’re supposed to be, fulfill your maximum potential or rather fulfill God’s purpose for your life. But along the way you pass through barren and harsh landscapes and you have to fight scary-looking creatures (In a more realistic sense these would represent the challenges you face). But the particular piece of imagery I’d like to use today is a lake.

   So you’re on your journey and you reach a lake you’re meant to cross. The water is dark, the clouds look like their about to unleash a tornado and the shore on the other side looks so far away. So you freak out and in some cases try to avoid crossing it if you can. And even if you do begin to cross, you do so with so much fear and almost always contemplate turning back.

   Same thing with life. See at some point there are things we all have to do to get to the next level in our lives. To move forward. In other words to grow (up). But since these are things that we’ve never done they really freak us out and make us want to run and hide. So I suppose that that’s the purpose of having a mentor i.e.: Someone who’s already crossed the lake and can tell you just how rough/smooth doing it will be, and what you need to do. Or even better, why don’t you turn to the one person who can tell you for sure whether or not you can successfully cross that lake because he’s already seen it happen - God.

   And honestly speaking, once you get to the other side the view is so much better. You realize that it wasn’t really that far away and the water wasn’t so bad. How do I know this? Because I’ve had so many experiences like that in my life. E.g: When I was in high school I kept a journal where I’d vent out all my stress and put my problems in writing. But reading it now, years later, they seem so trivial and in some cases, laughable. So yeah, things will get better. Not everything will be a piece of cake but there will be calm after the storm. So don’t give up!! Instead try connecting with the two people I’ve mentioned in this blog who could help with such a transition and then when you reach the other side you can look back and shout “Booyah!!!!”