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How Failures Illuminate the Maze of Life

Dominic Medford
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I have hit many dead ends in my life.

I have stumbled.

I have thought that there are no ways that I could have improved on my situation.

But still I find myself coming back from the depths and seemingly having more wisdom and understanding of the path that I went down and the advantages and disadvantages of that path. It illuminated to me the path whether it be right or wrong. This illumination gave me more clarity over the maze that is my life.

I have come to think of the many trials, tribulations and successes in my life that I have encountered and I will inevitably encounter more.

I now see those moments as illuminating the path of my life.

Now stay with me here as I go on a side quest.

Now envisage that a birth you are dropped off in this dark space. You are alone and you can barely see your outstretched hand in front of you. You are alone alone and are only equipped with the ability to move and see through movement.

As you move around akin to making decisions and growing up in life the areas that you move become illuminated and remain as such because you have ventured their.

Now like in all mazes their are false starts that lead to dead ends, there are many tests and…

Dominic Medford
Dominic Medford

Written by Dominic Medford

Law and Political Sciences student in Australia who dabbles in writing about his thought processes in his spare time with the hope that it can be insightful.

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