Saturday and the motivator

when I first came into this community one of my analogy's to the quitting journey was taking a long road trip. If you have ever done a cross country car trip you know that planning , preparing and gathering your tools is essential. Maps to give you direction,an Atlas for the big picture, routes considered for the easiest, shortest, most scenic journey,stop smoking, tools such as water, snacks, appropriate clothes and shoes than glass's and a hat, oh yes gas card or lots of money, spares and a jack cables and the list goes on. Well QUITTING was too my mind like that. It was a JOURNEY not a drive or even a trip. It required much attention on my part and most of all I was going to need to expect the unexpected. Construction, road closure detours bad weather, breakdowns, crappy campsite or worse yet a crappy shanty motel. I needed to be prepared for my ten days to become longer and more arduous and while it is safe to say some neat people would cross my path , some incredible visits to amazing places would take place I had to expect, prepare for the surprises, the challenges and perhaps down right bad luck. Well some great pal of mine from here would call me her Road Warrior Queen as my quit went on.. Today I read this motivator, flashed back to so many years ago when this was just a dream( a six plus year quit!) and I thought of Katie my Lady, Navigator girl and so many who were here to hold me up push me along grab my hand and pull when I was beginning the "cross country" trip and I dedicate my motivator and much love to all of my friends seen or not seenHave a most beautiful day and count your blessings DetoursIt is important to plan carefully, and it is just as important to be flexible. Success and achievement do not end up coming about in exactly the way we planned. While it is vital to have a realistic, workable method for getting from here to there, it is important to keep in mind that the plan is not the goal.To reach the goal,Herbal cigarettes, often requires that we relinquish the original plan, or at least certain components of the plan. Just because something goes wrong along the way, does not mean that the goal is unreachable. And more likely than not, something will go wrong.For example, if you have to get to an important meeting and your car won't start, you call a taxi or find another way to get there. You wouldn't abandon the meeting just because one of the many options for getting there (driving in your car) didn't work out.For anything you want to attain, there are many ways to get there. When one path becomes blocked, don't turn back. Instead, take a detour, and you may soon find that the going is even better than you could have imagined.