When The Wrong Path Is The Right Path - April 06

Is there such a thing as taking the 'wrong way' in life? In today's 5 Minutes in Nature, Liz reflects on the challenge of the right path or the wrong path. There is often an assumption that 'the right way' is one of success and ease, which is not where we learn.

When life is challenging, we experience life's lessons ... so who are we to say if we are on the right or wrong path?

Transcript

Hello and welcome to Five Minutes in Nature with me Liz Scott. I've just come for a little stroll out of the campsite along what's called the dog walk and the dog walk usually on a campsite is quite a simple field or a small patch of ground that dogs can walk on and I wasn't expecting much but I've just found myself walking down a wooded track with crunchy leaves underfoot and the foot path seems to split now into two so this is actually a really decent dog walk and it might even be a public footpath I'm not sure so I'm quite delighted I'm underneath the trees there's a very cold northeasterly wind but I'm sheltered where I am at the moment I've just seen a squirrel dash across my path there's lots of bird song you can probably hear around me and I'm just pausing underneath the trees feeling this wonderful thrill that I get when I explore places that I've not been before and today my husband and I went out on a bike ride so we don't know the area we know that we're on the edge of what's called the new forest and we just thought we'd go on a circular bike ride and as we were enjoying the country lanes the bike ride that we had mapped out took us up what was a bumpy track which then dissolved into mud and then dissolved into a field and it ended up with us pushing our bicycles across this quite muddy field up a track and we saw on our route that it was going to continue in this kind of muddy steep hard to walk let alone cycle terrain so we made a decision found a wider path and thought let's just let's just find another way out of this woodland and we'll find an easier way out of the woods and we did and we got on the track and we started cycling and I said to my husband as we started cycling I wonder if this is the right way I wonder if this is the right way and we kind of laughed as we bumped our way down this forest track because we realized that well it was the right way because it was the way we were going um and what does it mean is it the right way according to whom is it the right way and I realized as we were talking and reflecting that there isn't really such a thing as a right way there is just the way that you are traveling and in this instance had we traveled along the track and come to a dead end and turned around and come back again it would have been the right way it because that was the way we were meant to go because that was the way we were on and it's such a great analogy for life really and it's had me reflect during the day what actually is the right way often we assume that the right way is the easier way or is the way where we find success but actually is that the right way because I know for sure in my life that the times I feel I've grown and I mean about spiritually grown or psychologically grown or found my way bringing my awareness back to that deeper sense of intuition and peace and compassion the times when I am challenged are the times that I find myself reaching back to that place of peace and wisdom within me it's almost as if the challenging times are the times I learn are the times that I find my way so today's reflection is for you to consider what is the right way for you is there such a thing as the wrong way is there such a thing as finding yourself on the wrong path even if you have to turn around and come back again maybe maybe you had to experience that path in order to turn around and come back maybe that was part of your journey I'd love to know your reflections on this philosophical reflection as I find my way crunching through the leaves in this woodland let me know your reflections on is there such a thing as the wrong way let me know your reflections and don't forget to join me again tomorrow for another five minutes in nature

Reviews

Thank you Liz 🙏🏽 In the past I’ve found myself in a situation where I felt I hadn’t chosen wisely, however I’ve surrendered and worked through it to find the other side of that situation has actually brought me to the right place. So, I do believe I’m always on the right path!

These kinds of paradoxes fascinate me. And I like this one-it makes sense to me and allows me to accept where I am and where I am going as part of my larger life agenda 🌀

Had a good chuckle when you and your husband found yourself on a difficult path. It so happens a few years ago I was mountain biking and came across a track I hadn't explored before. So I took it.

I was going good for awhile until like you the trail petered out and I found myself pushing bike, crossing a creek and lifting my bike over a wire fence.

I had to laugh at myself in the situation. Fortunately I could see an open meadow through the trees and found my way out. The right or wrong way I don't know. Just happy to see the clearing.

Enjoy your camping trip. ✌️❤️😎

I’ve got nothing … but … I do appreciate starting my day with your prompts for reflection. It puts me on the right path.
And I appreciate your contribution to a better community. 😊