“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed up. He needs to stop, reflect, and change course.”

A thought by John C. Maxwell, (2012-10-02) from his book, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential (p. 55). Center Street. Kindle Edition.

I wonder how many of us would have seen that we were headed in the wrong direction if we would have just stopped and spent some time to think and to evaluate? The problem was we didn’t think we had the time. And that can be dangerous.

Margaret and I have made some major changes in our life in the last 18 months. We have lived in New York, Florida and now California. At one point in our time in Florida it looked like Margaret’s job was going through a major change and if we would have stayed doing what we were doing we would have been in a very difficult situation.

One day we were traveling to a horse show about two hours north of where we lived in Seminole, Florida and we decided to spend some time in reflection. That two hour trip brought us to some changes that brought us to Pasadena, California and a tremendous opportunity for Margaret and our being within four hours of both our kids. We didn’t need to just work harder in Florida, that wasn’t going to change the circumstance but to make some necessary changes that have made a difference in the direction of our life.

Times of reflection and evaluation need to be placed at key times in our lives. They can make a major difference in the quality and growth in our lives. Just working harder isn't always the answer, sometimes there just needs to be a change of direction and that comes by just stopping to reflect.

Have you done that lately?

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