Milestones.

Nothing is ever straight forward, as a Wolves fan that lesson is learnt very early on. Why would that truth of life ever stay between the white lines of a football pitch? It wouldn't, shouldn't and definitely doesn't. 

There is a beauty in challenge, in failure, in setbacks. Grappling with what once seemed unimaginable, and falling short, reducing the margins time after time. It's not the occurrence, but the ability to manage the struggle. To feel so many emotions so deeply. Research might call it grit, courage, emotional agility. The heart to go again. Maybe it's just having hope.

Trying to piece together reality, the jigsaw of which we aren't give all of the pieces at once but rather over a period of time to reveal who we are and the picture we are painting for ourselves. Milestones come and go, often seen as end points or in number form, also met with a new obstacle to overcome. There aren't really endpoints, just a next step which we don't always see until we're about to take it. 

If we work backwards, to understand and appreciate the journey so far, map out achievements, notable moments and life events it is obscene to think we have been the ones to evolve and create them for ourselves. A path unfolding which we are strong enough to walk because of what lies behind us. The challenges ahead, those both self-created and reality, have been earned. As we have with the past, marveled at their size and our perceived inability, we will find a way to manage and get past them to move beyond to a higher self ,taking people with us and moving the world into a different state of being. 

When squaring up to our next Goliath, it is poignant to remember how many battles have been won before. And also to consider, how Goliath is stood facing us in the mirror as I know personally, the biggest blockers are in our own minds which we do so well to create for ourselves. The many triumphs, irrelevant of size, serve as kind reminders that we are capable and blinded only by the view we have of  and create ourselves. 

An interesting paradox, and potential oxymoron, that we play both David & Goliath. Having control of them both, and our response every step of the way. 

These thoughts I've been pondering, only possible because the progress made, and want to be and do better. We too often discuss milestones as the big moments and things, forgetting all of the small seemingly innocuous parts which allow the crescendos to have the force in which they do. 

Let me put it this way, a sandy beach offers a smoother walk compared to the pebbly ones. But often we have to navigate them both to find the sea.