Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Right way, wrong direction?

I would like to share something more from our trip to Sandby. To get there from the airport in Nyköping we rented a car. We had a good map as well and we were really glad that already with the first try we found the right way E4 that we have seen in a map like the way we need to take at first to go to the direction we needed.
Everything was great - the sun was shining and we had a great new car. We even had found E4 without getting lost somewhere in the city. After some kilometers one girl eventually asked - we are on the highway E4, but do we drive the right direction? We became stiff for a moment - hey, that is a really good question! As we found E4 we turned right without thinking. Maybe we should have turned left instead? So we tried to explore the map to find out if we have made a mistake.
The place we needed to reach is in the South but we were driving to the North in the direction to Stockholm instead! So we turned around and drove back but stopped to really examine the map and to find out were we should go.
Yeah, Sandby is to the South but to get there we should go to the North at first and the in one large crossroad take another direction. So we hadn't made a mistake at first but then when we thought that we have made a mistake and tried to fix it.
In that situation if we have a map we have a great advantage to stop for a while and search the right way and the right direction in it. Sometimes in our lives we have some questions and have to make some choices but we can't find a map that would show the way. That reminds me about one idea expressed in the book Live Life on purpose I have mentioned also before. There is said that more than a map we need a compass that always shows the right direction.
There is way, so which direction should I take?

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