Gates and Opportunities

Ralph Waldo Emerson said,

"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities."

There are so many different ways to look at the human experience, on a spectrum from positive to negative and what shapes us as individuals is our experience and perspective - unique to each of us.  We may share common experience but what distinguishes us is our perspective and integration of those experiences into our beliefs, philosophies and thinking patterns.


We all yearn for something more, something better, greater knowledge and stronger connections.  Setting about on our private chart, we plot the course we think best in attaining our goals.  But in the vast sea that is our future, there are many unknowns.


Today, I strive to open gates and take full advantage of opportunities.