Carry On Regardless

There comes a time, in your travels (and specifically, today, in mine) where you need to re-evaluate the direction you're going in.  For a while you were travelling in one direction,  and it was good.  You were hopeful.  The horizon gleamed with new possibilities. Then your tornado happened.  In my case I decided the tornado wasn't going to interfere with my life's direction.  I was, in true Blitz spirit, going to keep calm and carry on.  The world might have changed completely around me but I was going ahead.

That was good.  I was being positive.  I was being optimistic. 

Until today when I realised I might have gone a bit beyond that and be being totally unrealistic.  I don't know at what point I passed the marker between optimism and delusion but it reminded me of this clip from The Holy Grail  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RZ-hYPAMFQ.

It's all very well trying to carry on regardless but sometimes you need to look at the reality of your situation (note to self).  This is actually, longer term,  showing yourself kindness.  Because if you keep on trying to do what is clearly not possible you will end up exhausted and discouraged.

Better to rest a while.  To have a good look at your surroundings and take in the place you find yourself in. It is not where you thought you would be, it might not even be where you thought you were.  But you can't find a way forward until you know your starting point, eh?