I love maps.
They give me a visual representation of the landscape and what I might expect on my journey.
When you know where you’re going and what obstacles you might face, it’s easier to plan how to get there.
Even if you don’t have a destination in mind, a map shows you a world of possibilities and potential.
Spin a globe and land on a point to find a new destination to explore.
In order for a map to be useful, however, one piece of information is crucial:
Knowing where you are.
If you don’t know where you are, a map is just a nice picture; you can’t use it to get anywhere.
If you don’t know where you are, a map is just a nice picture; you can’t use it to get anywhere.
The only way to plan your journey is to know where you are.
Otherwise you won’t know how to get to that destination, or how long it might take you.
Traveling to Los Angeles is different depending on whether you’re coming from San Diego, New York, or Dubai.
A map is only functional when you can put yourself in it, when you can triangulate relative to your location and destination.
By locating myself on the map, I can mediate between the representation and the reality, between where I’ve been and where I’m going.
To get anywhere in life, we first must be able to find ourselves in the present moment.
Too often, in our relentless focus on where we’re going or where we want to go, we lose the present.
The present is where life happens.
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