Into the Wind: Charting your Course
Sailing with the prevailing winds would be an easy way to live a life. Advice is often like the prevailing winds encouraging someone to follow the easy common course. Sailing against the wind is about charting a life's course and making a choice to not just be blown around by the opinions of others. I must admit that there is advice about going along with the wind at my back that I should have followed. My stubbornness does not always transfer to determined perseverance. However, the true life defining moments are when you stick your face in the wind and go against the advice that you receive. A life lived is having the courage to change your course and chose your direction. My first life defining course change was deciding to be a teacher. The backlash I received from others was amazing. Why would you want to do that? You won't be able to support a family. The prevailing wind was that I should go into business to make money. ...