The Straight and Narrow

So if you know me you probably know that I went backpacking in the mountains this week. Or maybe you don't. Oh well. Anyways, this post is about the parallels of that adventure with life! Every time you hit the trail and started walking you had to lift up your heavy pack and pull it onto your shoulders. This seemingly simple task is actually very strenuous. In life its often difficult to start doing the right things and being who you want to be. Back to this hiking analogy, once you put your pack on and start walking it isn't as hard. You simply put one step in front of the other, just like your parents taught you. So in life, after you get on the path of righteousness, its not as hard. You begin to find others to support you and follow the teachings of your parents. Anyway, a lot of backpacking trails are very narrow (not so straight, but don't hate on the analogy) and rocky. To keep trekking along safely it helps to look at the path in front of you and observe the terrain. In life, the path you want to be on is very narrow and one small step could mislead you. So you can't be looking around at the rest of the world. What they're doing doesn't really matter to your journey. So look ahead to your eternal goal and follow that. This seemed to make more sense in my mind, but its 11:21 and I'm tired. Hopefully you get the idea.