Making Sense

Several years ago, I came across a quote from Uncle Frank Davis, a Pawnee Native

American wise man. I quote him here:

Life is like a path, and we all have to walk the path. If we lay down, we can lay down on that path. If we live through the night, we have to get up and start walking down that path again. As we walk down that path, we'll find experiences like little scraps of paper in front of us along the way. We must pick up these pieces of scrap paper and put them in our pockets... Then one day, we will have enough scraps of papers to put together and see what they say. Maybe we'll have enough to make some sense... Read... then put the pieces back in that pocket and go on, because there will be more pieces to pick up.

How many words are there to describe a PATH? bearing, beat, course, destiny, direction, highway, journey, line, north, orbit, road, round, route, run, track, trail, trajectory, walk, and way; to mention but a few. But no matter what you call it, like Uncle Frank says, you have to travel along it. How you travel along is not entirely up to you, but your approach to the obstacles you find can make a difference, not only to you, but to those around you too.

PVA

16 August 2025