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Enthralling discovery!

By Bamboo In The Wind
Finding the course is enthralling when we can make the right moves. Just the freedom to make those moves is enough. But a rather crucial step after getting started is immediately learning the effects of our actions.

Doing so has a few effects:
  • It tells us what is working. How would we know that? We would know it because we can comprehend the next step based on it. What we have done has established a building block.
  • It tells us what is not working. That requires a little bit of work. It is intuitive, from the evidence of the development. We need help configuring our following best response when results are unanticipated.
  • It tells us we are off course. We need to rework the landscape of what we are chasing, rebuild the understanding by correcting our base assumptions, and then restart afresh.
As straightforward as it appears, along these paths lies an experience of how we are supported or questioned. That usually means we emit signals from our workspace that catch favorable or unfavorable responses. Usually, it's a sign of our attempt to find a course with broader interest than us alone.

It is like learning to bicycle for the first time. We fall, get entangled, and need to know how to use the pedal or break or which way to steer the handle to make progress. If we alone cannot, others along the way are sure to help steer correctly. We must trust that our march is heartfelt, it will attract at least a few! 

That is usually sufficient to know we are on a discovery mission. On our way to pursuing a worthy cause, on a look out of the right course that takes us there! 

It is bound to get figured out.

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