Comments on: Getting Back on the Right Life Path

By: brel

brel — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:48:33 +0000

I found this quite naive. You think that the discipline and frustrations of paid occupation are the wrong path for you – fine – but that ‘artists, freelancers, writers, part-time workers, full-time moms (!!!), charity volunteers, world travelers’ exude an ‘inner glow’. And you are doing – what exactly?

This is very romantic escapist stuff. The frustrations of grown up life teach you resilience and patience and maturity – as your poverty and savings disciplines proved. Good luck and take care.

By: Jean Browman--Transforming Stress

Jean Browman--Transforming Stress — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:55:35 +0000

My path has always been an inner one: Following the Path, One Step At a TIme, so I never fell into the trap of identifying with making money/worldly achievement. My philosophy is, “Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens, keep learning and growing. Find what you love to do and find a way to share it with others.” It helps if there are a lot of things you love to do.

By: Marco

Marco — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:04:34 +0000

This article was fantastic… actually I come from a country (Italy) where once you have chosen your path it is extremely difficult to come back. And it seems strange, but when I arrived in U.K. I found that in this country there are people studying and changing different works all their life and nobody bothers about. For me, and for the culture I had, was a complet shock.. now I am 27 and I realized that I went on the wrong path and I really need a drastical change but, as the article said, I am very afraid of doing that because it is the first step… and I still struggling with the italian culture where at this age you are considered already old to start anything new..
Anyway the article is wonderful! Congratulations with the author!

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:49:07 +0000

This was an absolutely fascinating read, many thanks for this. I agree wholeheartedly when you say that a person should do the utmost to get back on the right path but it takes guts to do that and to get off the wrong path, which may still feel much more comfortable!

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By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:01:09 +0000

Hi Marjorie,

I think you’re completely right — since writing the piece (particularly through reading some of the great comments above) I’m realising more that a path which could be totally wrong for me could be totally right for someone else.

It’s so easy to end up blinkered by what *I* think is right for me and expect everyone in the world to feel similarly! But of course, that’s an awfully egotistical point of view, and one I’m striving to rid myself of.