Today's Journal
MAKING PROGRESS
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), known for ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,’ wrote:“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”
Safety is often what we have processed as ‘truth’ of some kind and we back off from any risk of growth other than the truth we have. We run backwards to conclusions from yesterday. Growth doesn’t grow because it isn’t chosen.
Fear is the besetting obstacle. This is where the ‘what ifs? and the ‘what abouts’ limit all progress. Choosing to go forward is usually a decision to do so. Once we have made a logical and prepared decision…we step out in faith.
Depending on the issue at hand, it’s not so much about what to believe…but what to do. Even if what we do is a decision to do nothing. We are Making Progress.
But what if we step in the mud? We clean our shoes and keep going…again and again.
“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.” Jesus