CROSSING WHILE BUILDING 003

Changing your circumstances in the midst of your struggle or crisis requires a careful and efficient approach. Do not try to build a bridge as you cross it, as doing so is exhausting and too dangerous. Instead, you should patiently create an ideal strategy towards your desires outcome, then execute under more favourable circumstances when possible. Once this work is done, and only then, will you travel on a clear, predictable and trustworthy path, seamlessly.

Real world application:

Your lifeboat smashes against the shore of an unknown island after hours at sea, jolting you back to consciousness. As your eyes open, sensation returns to your body and you begin to notice a few things:

You're all alone and grey clouds move quickly from strong winds, sending shivers through your soaked body. It looks like a storm is coming, and although help should arrive soon, you have no idea when or how. Survival depends entirely on you.

Motivated by the cold, you determine that you have enough time to quickly construct a small, yet sturdy fort as shelter. After all, you could be here for weeks, and your judgement tells you that the storm would potentially start by night fall.

However, a nagging voice tells you, it is better to let the storm pass before taking on such a meticulous and crucial ordeal - not to mention, you have never actually built one before... Nonetheless, you stumble towards the trees and begin gathering rocks, large leaves, and branches for the project.

Roughly half way through building (from trial and error), only a few finishing touches remain. However, it is nearly night fall and as predicted, the first droplet of rain water hits your face - the storm is beginning. You think to yourself, "If only I had more time and experience, this would have been finished hours ago...", but Instead, you are now forced to sloppily put what's left together.

You bolt inside and sit anxiously.

When the storm finally passes, there you are, battered and completely exposed to the elements - with nothing but loose leaves and branches dashed all around.

At that moment you come to the sad realization: Effort and ambition is wasted when execution is forced.

In other words, after all is said and done, what did you accomplish? And most importantly, were your efforts rewarded?