“WE WERE LATE JUST TO ARRIVE” - Rethinking Feeling Off-Track

I saw Trevor Hall perform a few weeks ago. He told a story about being late to an event because of unforeseen circumstances- that unplanned things kept piling up. And while their van drove through the night, he was worried about being late and overtired, unexpected setbacks.

But when he woke in the morning, their van had arrived at a moment where the mountains met the sunrise- how it was beautiful, the most perfect, and the rest of his day unfolded magically because of being late through the night. Had they been on time like he wanted and planned, he wouldn’t have arrived to that beautiful moment or had his day go how it did- aligned and magical. He said that all of a sudden he had this understanding: “we were late just to arrive.”

This idea, “we were late just to arrive” keeps nudging me to see things differently, that maybe it’s ok.

And what if a series of things that feel off track are actually happening to get you on track?  But because it’s night, you can't see where you’re going… and then maybe you’ll see that you're late just to arrive.

Reframing feeling defeated, failure, coming up short, in the wrong lane- into this mindset. And maybe the arrival could only happen when you let go of what you think is the right way. And perhaps, you’re going to arrive at a sunrise in the mountains because you've travelled through the night. And it will be exactly where you're supposed to be, at something beautiful and magnificent.