Lessons from the Labyrinth - Focus on Your Own Path

When I was walking a labyrinth recently I had the privilege of sharing the experience with about 20 other women. It was very different from walking it alone and I noticed something interesting. As you are walking you have no idea whether someone is walking toward the center or away from it. You don't know if they are close to reaching it or a very long way from it. You can't even tell whether they are ahead of you or behind you on the path.

So it goes in life. We have a tendency to watch other people's lives from the outside and compare ourselves to what we see in them. We compare our progress toward a goal or dream to what we think is theirs. In truth, we have no idea whether they are just inches from their goal, or have miles to walk. We don't know if they are in front of us or behing us. Does it really even matter?


As in the labyrinth we just have to trust that we are on our path and it will lead us to our dreams if we just keep moving forward. It is not a race, and you can't even compare your journey to someone else's.