Stuck

“A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.” – Joseph Addison

Do you feel stuck? You know that feeling you get when you trying to move, but can’t get anywhere. I am not talking getting your car stuck in the mud. However, it feels the same. The more gas you give it, the deeper in you get. The deeper you get, the less likely you will be able to move. It feels like we are putting in all of this effort, and then nothing changes. We are still in the same spot we were in before. Feeling stuck us easy to describe, but hard to explain. The worst part about being stuck is we are not moving, but life goes on. It is frustrating when we dedicate all of our time and energy to something. Yet, we find ourselves in the same spot we started in. At least it feels like that. Progress doesn’t always look the same all the time. Real progress comes when we are stuck, and we push through. We continue moving, and while the change we want isn’t there yet, we still keep going. We might need to make some adjustments along the way, and we keep trying.

Sometimes being stuck though isn’t a bad thing. Like the time I was “stuck” on one of the most amazing train rides ever last summer. I rode the Great White Pass Railway through the Yukon. The train ride was filled with some of the most spectacular views ever. There is nothing that can compare to it. The railway traveled by the route people would take to mine for gold during the 1896 gold rush in Alaska. The railroad was built there to take miners back and forth to the mines. While I wasn’t riding the train looking for gold, I did find some incredible views along the way.