Watch Who You Walk With

When you walk with someone,  something unspoken happens.  Either you match their pace  or they match yours.

Sidney Poitier

You fall in love and you marry. You work alongside a colleague. You reach out to a neighbour. You watch a family member's struggles.

You live each day in tandem.

Watch Who You Walk With

And then one day you pay attention, pause, open your eyes and see that they are ahead of you in business success or emotional growth. Or, you look around and they are nowhere in sight.

Watch who you walk with, you will keep pace for days, or weeks or years. And then, you or they speed up, or slow down.

Life happens. Partners change, health changes, resilience changes.

So what do we do when we want to keep these people in our sight? Do we slow down, speed up, ask, learn, grow or do we give up?

Do we reach ahead or behind, do we give a hand or appreciate their example? It's complicated. (Tweet This)

They might offer help, we might ignore or accept.
We might offer help, they might ignore or accept.

Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another... The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It is a rocky path through the wilderness. M. Scott Peck

We're following the same path to the end aren't we?
A friend of mine shook her head with a smile when we talked about this idea years ago.  Not everyone wants to grow, she said. Sometimes comfortable is all some people want. (Tweet This)

Flat ground, no surprises. Hills and corners, always changing. Which one are you? Did you reach who you want to be a decade ago or is it still ahead? (Tweet This)

Watch Who You Walk With

We can reach a plateau that is safe, and not ask for more. We can read and read and learn nothing more. We can travel to foreign places and come back with nothing more.

Watch who you walk with.

It's complicated, this pace we keep.

Now tell me, who taught you about your pace.

Be Well,