Life is like a Labyrinth

I love walking the labyrinth.  I am fortunate to have several labyrinths available to me with a short drive from home.  Invariably I try to get myself oriented on the path and just as reliably, the path itself keeps undoing me with each twist and turn.  I thought I was surely almost in the middle when I am led to the very outside ring.  I thought I was almost out, when I take a turn towards the center.

Imagine my bemusement today as I settled in to work on some tech issues and stumbled right into a different sort of labyrinth.  The first set of tasks I got done without fuss, and even though I have an inkling I did it the hard way, I got the work done in short order.

Then I was undone.  I had just been in this space a few days ago, elated to have a usable blog again, feeling a kind of homecoming.  I knew right where I was.  I excitedly created a post and even though I did not tell anyone  it was there, I felt happy and grounded, ready to take up this practice of writing again.

Today I was checking on some things, but it didn’t look right.  I couldn’t put my finger on it really, but something was not quite right.  The interface looked familiar, but off.  The account I had just set up with all new passwords and images and a profile was there and then gone.  I tried to create a post and it didn’t show up.  I was stumbling through my confusion and about to reach out for help when something clicked.

Apparently I have a few different accounts and had logged into two wrong places.  Finally I traced back to hopefully find the right path, but one never knows.  Will this post end up where it is supposed to be or will it also be a strange twist into the unknown?  I suppose we shall see.

If I am truly inside a labyrinth, then there is no wrong way, no way to be truly lost; simply disoriented, confused, befuddled and curious.  Every moment is held and we’ll see where we might end up.

Where are you wondering and wandering these days?  How might you stay curious, explore and enjoy the journey?