I was lucky enough to see again the wonderful Morecombe & Wise sketch with André Previn, and yesterday had one of those real life experiences where life seems to imitate art. I was out walking in the country outside Petworth; it is a walk I have done about 5 times over a period of some 8 years and whilst I am modestly familiar with it, it is by no means a route I know well. I managed the navigation without any problem and one by one the landmarks presented themselves, a gate here, a boat there, a little stream etc. The odd thing was that whilst I remembered them, I had no idea they were part of one coherent whole. They were stored as a jumbled series of still shots, not part of a movie clip. In reality it made no difference, but it was a weird, slightly unreal experience. I almost found myself thinking, “Who put that there?”

The fact is that as we navigate our lives, we never have a complete map. We often will tell ourselves that we can’t move forwards because we don’t know this, that or the other when we can never know all these things. Just as I managed my walk, so we can manage our lives, with this incomplete map.

So if today you are hesitating, perhaps it is a good time to move and trust that when you come to the turn, you too will recognise where you need to go. One thing is for sure, staying put won’t change anything!

“Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” Jon Bon Jovi