directions

Men read maps better than women because only men can understand the concept of an inch equaling a hundred miles.

FORKED BRANCHESWe grew up on the same street,You and me.We went to the same schools,Rode the same bus,Had the same friends,And even shared spaghettiWith each other's families.And though our roots belong toThe same tree,Our branches have grownIn different directions.Our tree,Now resembles a thousandOther treesIn a sea of a trillionOther treesWith parallel destiniesAnd similar dreams.You cannot envy the branchThat grows biggerFrom the same seed,And you cannotBlame it on the sun's direction.But you still compare us,As if we're still those twoKids at the parkSlurping down slushies andEating ice cream. Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun (2010)

What if you were wrong? What if everything you ever believed was a lie? What if you missed your opportunity because you didn't know your worth? What if you settled on familiar, but God was trying to give you something better? What if you decided not to go backwards, but forward? What if doing what you have never done before was the answer to everything that didn't make sense? What if the answer wasn't to be found in words, but in action? What if you found the courage to do what you really wanted to do and doing it changed your whole life?

I could crawl inside the lyrics and know each note intimately. They would claw at my soul, until I could no longer fight the emotions that took me to a place I couldn't experience. But, it was the possibility that made every verse a heart filled prediction and every beat a direction to follow.

The only person to influence the direction and purpose of your life is the one who gave it. God!

That happens a lot with Shakespeare. The women go after what they want the men wind up suckered into things.

Don't ask for directions if you're not going to start the car.

Do not ask directions from the people around you. Ask directions from the person who called you.

People have their purposes and reasons, I just wish I found mine.

When I had to work Shea Stadium for a Mets-Braves game _ Atlanta pitcher John Rocker had recently given an interview in which he denounced New Yorkers of all Colors and preferences _ I was assigned to a parking lot, where numerous drivers asked me for directions to various highways. When my first answer _ __ have no idea_ _ seemed to invite denunciation and debate, I revised it to __ake the first left._ For all I know, those people are still lost in Queens.

I suddenly remember being about seven, riding beside him in the car, and asking him how grown-ups found their way to places. After all, I had never seen him pull out a map."I guess we just get used to taking the same turns," he said, but I wasn't satisfied."Then what about the first time you go somewhere?""Well," he said, "we get directions."But what I want to know is who got them the very first time? What if no one's ever been where you're going? "Dad?" I ask, "is it true that you can use stars like a map?""Yeah, if you understand celestial navigation.""Is it hard?" I'm thinking maybe I should learn. A backup plan, for all those times I feel like I'm just wandering in circles."It's pretty jazzy math__ou have to measure the altitude of a star, figure out its position using a nautical almanac, figure out what you think the altitude should be and what direction the star should be in based on where you think you are, and compare the altitude you measured with the one you calculated. Then you plot this on a chart, as a line of position. You get several lines of position to cross, and that's where you go." My father takes one look at my face and smiles. "Exactly," he laughs. "Never leave home without your GPS.

The road of doubt leads to the dead-end of despair. Time to change directions!" HS/el

You__l get lost and then you__l find it.

By just looking at a different direction than others, you may gain the vision of a genius because geniuses often do this!

I've always admired people who give accurate directions, and the tribe is small.

you may be wrong to be right in the wrong direction, but, what is the wrong direction?

A lot of people have attained financial success in the negative and positive directions, but we are yet to see anyone achieve a happy life in the negative direction.