Comments on: Lost on the Beaten Path https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/ choosing positivity Fri, 20 May 2011 23:58:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kavita https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9847 Kavita Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:10:38 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9847 Awesome, Belinda!! And I just LOVED the metaphor! Technology may help us find our way around roads and places... but will it really help us map out our life's journey?! The day it does, I am getting that gadget.... :) An excellent write, my dear.. very thought provoking... Awesome, Belinda!! And I just LOVED the metaphor!
Technology may help us find our way around roads and places… but will it really help us map out our life’s journey?! The day it does, I am getting that gadget…. :)

An excellent write, my dear.. very thought provoking…

]]> By: Talon https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9403 Talon Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:39:12 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9403 I loved this! I'm glad he's just winging it. The only time the maps are out for me is when the destination includes a fixed arrival time :) I loved this! I’m glad he’s just winging it.

The only time the maps are out for me is when the destination includes a fixed arrival time :)

]]> By: Mel Gallant https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9400 Mel Gallant Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:10:20 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9400 Had a conversation today with DH about my lack of navigational direction...makes me think in that in the context of this poem, a lack of direction is just fine...I always get where I want to go. I'm always where I'm meant to be. :) Had a conversation today with DH about my lack of navigational direction…makes me think in that in the context of this poem, a lack of direction is just fine…I always get where I want to go. I’m always where I’m meant to be. :)

]]> By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley @ Ivy League Insecurities https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9383 Aidan Donnelley Rowley @ Ivy League Insecurities Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:01:18 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9383 Truly amazing how a scarcity of words, brilliant and well-chosen, can convey so much. I love this, Belinda. Truly amazing how a scarcity of words, brilliant and well-chosen, can convey so much. I love this, Belinda.

]]> By: Marci | Liberating Choices https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9381 Marci | Liberating Choices Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:27:26 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9381 Belinda, I love this one. Simply profound! I am a map girl. I prefer a written map with steps detailed :) In life, there isn't always such a map. I'm learning to embrace uncertainty. Letting principles guide me. I'm less worried about making a wrong turn. And, learning from my missteps and falls. I used to paralyzed by fear of making a wrong turn. Belinda, I love this one. Simply profound!

I am a map girl. I prefer a written map with steps detailed :) In life, there isn’t always such a map. I’m learning to embrace uncertainty. Letting principles guide me. I’m less worried about making a wrong turn. And, learning from my missteps and falls. I used to paralyzed by fear of making a wrong turn.

]]> By: Mama Zen https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9370 Mama Zen Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:39:32 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9370 I really like this one! I really like this one!

]]> By: Margaret Bednar https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9368 Margaret Bednar Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:27:50 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9368 GPS at ALL times. But I don't like the "voice". That would drive me crazy. Nice 55 GPS at ALL times. But I don’t like the “voice”. That would drive me crazy. Nice 55

]]> By: Belinda https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9366 Belinda Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:59:42 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9366 Joanny, your response raises the very interesting question that perhaps "the map" obstructs the path to authenticity. After enough years of map-following, one has to wonder... Joanny, your response raises the very interesting question that perhaps “the map” obstructs the path to authenticity. After enough years of map-following, one has to wonder…

]]> By: Belinda https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9364 Belinda Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:50:04 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9364 Then maybe the alternative is to ditch the map that may not even be meant for you to begin with and draw a new one as you go along? Then maybe the alternative is to ditch the map that may not even be meant for you to begin with and draw a new one as you go along?

]]> By: Belinda https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/02/lost-on-the-beaten-path/comment-page-1/#comment-9363 Belinda Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:48:56 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4400#comment-9363 I get this. Your internal compass responds and readjusts as you wend your way around the roadblocks. I get this. Your internal compass responds and readjusts as you wend your way around the roadblocks.

]]>