We are on a continuum. An attempt. An effort. A life full of decisions, mistakes, shortcoming and successes. Underachievements. Overachievements. Doing the best we can with what we have and what we know. While not knowing what we don’t know.
A life effected by the generations before us, hindered or privileged by the hands we’ve been dealt. Knowledge of life, values, experiences and wisdom passed down or never passed down or never learned. Tools, mindsets and coping mechanisms some more advantageous than others, some more detrimental than others. Personality, persona, attitudes and character that is better fit, more desirable or less fit, less desirable.
All in an attempt to get to where we’re trying to go. But where are we trying to go? The race track of life, filled with twists and turns, configured to make mistakes, dead ends and being turned around. Every decision, even the mistakes and indecisions is an attempt to get to where we’re trying to go. And even those “mistakes” informs the following generations. Not every path is perfectly navigated.
We are a continuum following an invisible, unforeseeable track, doing the best we can with what we know. While we struggle to pave the way for what might be just incremental revelations of the path, in which the benefits can only be measured and seen for generations to come. We make an impact on the generations following us, with what we do today. Hopefully with some reflection, discovery and awareness to make sense of our purpose, decisions and consequences.