The Priory Church, St. Bees

How many of us have been in a car where the driver clearly didn’t know where they were going but refused to admit it? I suppose most of the women reading this who have ever been in the passenger seat while a man was driving would say yes (I know at least one). It’s difficult for some people to ask for directions. We like to think that we know precisely where it is we are going, and so asking for directions is like admitting defeat. However, if we are going somewhere we have never been, how is it a defeat to ask someone who knows the way?
Every journey into the unknown needs knowledge of the area, a decent map, and competent navigation in order to ensure a successful outcome. Journeying in life is like this generally, but in our lives the factor of the unknown is more significant… None of us know what is around the next corner of our lives. People often attempt to get around this common human reality by trying to consult horoscopes, or psychics. In the strain for knowledge we can’t have, we may begin to obsess about our future rather than concentrate on the journey at hand. Or, worse yet, receive false maps with unmarked hazards and dead ends. Read the rest of this entry »