The Blissful Road

While driving home from Utah yesterday, I had a great learning experience.  We missed an exit, and I had no idea.  After 20 minutes, Caitlin wondered why were spending so much time on the interstate.  I passed the next exit and Caitlin saw a sign that indicated that the exit (the one we just passed) would have lead us to Moab (which was where we were supposed to be heading).  We took the next exit, and turned around, about forty minutes behind schedule.

The whole time we were heading the wrong way, I was blissfully happy.  As soon as I knew that I was going the wrong way, I was grumpy.  This is important in two ways.   First, the right way isn’t always the most enjoyable way.  Second, the right way will be more enjoyable if we have the right perspective.

If you find out that miss a turn, you can grumble about the time you lost, or you can rejoice that you’re no longer losing time.  Sure, it would have been better to be on the right road the entire time, but it didn’t happen.  If you’re on the right road, be glad that you are, and don’t wish that you were still blissfully going the wrong way.