Courage to Walk Alone

I was just browsing on Facebook when I saw a post that gave me some pause for thought. It said that "It's better to walk alone, than with a crowd going the wrong direction." More than one prophet have said something about needing to have the courage to stand for what's right, even if that means having to stand alone. It takes a lot of courage to do that. It may even, in some rare cases, be dangerous. But when we make the decision to stand alone when we have to, we won't actually have to be alone. There will be those who stand with us, at least in spirit, when we stand up for what we know is right.

But as I've been writing this, I realize that it takes more than merely standing still. We need to walk. We need to follow the right paths toward the right destinations. We need to keep moving toward where we want to be, even if everyone else is going another way. We need to keep making progress, though it may not look like progress from the perspective of others. They may call us "backward," but regardless of their insults, we need to have the courage to follow the path we feel is right.

In life, it's often easiest to go with the flow of the crowd, but it's far better to follow the better path, even if one has to do so alone.