“If you go down a road once, and it is the wrong road, you cannot go down that same road again, because it will still be the wrong road.” ~ Marsha Linehan

It’s remarkable how we can find ourselves going down the same road, again and again, looking and hoping for a different outcome - struggling to surrender to the fact that we’re in the place we’re in and the unperceived coexistence of the good and bad parts that make up the experience. It’s often foolish and irrational, the imbalance of the emotional and reasonable mindset, partly because of the history, distraction, and familiarity.

Often, the very thing we want to obtain, or change, comes from accepting who and what is. What appears to be, is just that, and being able to loosen the grip on the steering wheel, letting the foot off the gas pedal, even stopping the car in its tracks, is what allows for a change in direction, a refocusing on openness and understanding, and the vast array of possibilities and contentment.