Article February 25, 1985 Issue

Don't be afraid to change your course

ROBERT R. MacKUSICK

Sailors know that if they aren't willing to change course when necessary, they'll end up on the rocks. Tacking back and forth is essential to getting there.

We grow as we meet the demand to change our thinking whenever necessary. And consequently we're blessed too. Several years ago I had an experience that showed me the value of being flexible and of responding to a higher sense of what is right.

My family and I had completed all preparations for a summer vacation in a state nine hundred miles away. We started early one morning and drove for two or three hours. During that time I had a chance to consider quietly some professional work I should have finished before leaving on our trip. At that point I stopped the car and told my wife and children that I was sorry, but I felt we should go home. I promised them we would take our vacation as soon as we could.

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