Sometimes I think I am caught in a maze. When I was in Tennessee, I enjoyed finding my way out of a maze at the Renaissance Festival with Hope and Noah. We would come to deadends and have to double back and go in another direction.

I think sometimes I am caught in a maze as I maneuver my life adventure. "I thought" I would go to college after high school. It didn't turn out to be my through road.

"I thought" I would live happily ever after when I got married. "I thought" I would have a home that my children would come back to with their families year after years. It didn't turn out to be my through road.

"I thought" I wouldn't be able to survive the end of my marriage. I did.

"I thought" at various times that I was in a loving relationship that was going to last forever. Some have, some haven't but none have unfolded as I would have predicted at the beginning. Life has given me worse than I could have imagined and life has definitely blessed me with better than I could have ever imagined or felt I deserved.

"I thought" at various times that I was employed in jobs where I would work for many years and retire with a nice retirement fund. Companies were sold or dissolved and life created changes in my professional world so non turned out to be my through road.

I have seen places and met people that I never thought I would have the opportunity to experience. I have learned more and tried more things than I ever imagined.

I have learned that being curious has kept me going whenever I have hit a wall in life's maze. Curious about what lies ahead. Curious if I can meet the challenge. Curious about possibilities beyond my current imagination.

According to aerodynamic law's, the bumblebee cannot fly. Its body weight is not the right proportion to its wingspan. Ignoring these laws, the bee flies anyway. I am blessed by the grace of God to not let the "realities" of life STOP me.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, by continuing to explore, I believe anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

Good luck in your maze. Please don't ever give up.