The Art of Trailblazing

To everything there is a path, for every path there was a trailblazer. For the next couple of moments, I will challenge your very intellect on what and how things are, how you got there, and who to thank. You ready? No, you aren’t, but let’s do it anyway fam.

Whether you are a high school graduate, a drop out, a nurse, teacher, preacher, pastor, or all of the above, you are able to say that you indeed are a “trailblazer”. If you never have heard that word before you may be a little confused on what I just said. Maybe even in some cases, you’ve heard the word, but haven’t really looked at it in its entirety.

Trailblazer is a noun, which if you have any type of schooling of minimum 3rd grade, you know that a noun is a “person, place, or thing”. Understanding that checks off at least one of your questions. The “What” of the matter. “Who” is a trailblazer? By definition, it is anyone who, “ blazes a trail to guide others”. Reading that can/may bring a couple of people in your life to mind. Your mother, your father, pastor, mentor, or all of the above had to pave a road for you. Their process birthed the beginning of yours, and someone else birthed theirs before you.

For example, my mother did not become the woman she is on her own. Her mother, who was taught by her mother, picked up tricks and lessons to make her time in motherhood easier. Her teaching lighten up the weight of adulting, parenting, and overall life. Even though, most times, it still is hard.

The art of trailblazing is very beautiful. It is something very special to see when you can give instructions to someone out of experience, so that they dodge what you were hit by. Art is very expressive and unlimited, whether it be a painting or verbal instructions vividly painting a mental picture. There’s an art to everything, but one I hold dear to my heart is the art of trailblazing.Trailblazers are not in your life to do work for you, but they are to give you instruction to how to navigate through what you are trying to do. They’ve been there, done that and can share knowledge through experience. That’s cool and all, but there are things you have to get on your own.

That is why in the Bible, Jesus taught the disciples and left them to do their own work after awhile. He blazed the trail and gave them a jump start. Another examples is Timothy and Paul. Timothy in the Bible was Paul’s mentor and some call spiritual father. Timothy has been found multiple times giving deliberate instructions to Paul. He was trying to make sure he passed down the knowledge he had, so that Paul did not experience what Timothy had to. Instructions from mentors or those who can be considered a “trailblazer” in your life is to save you from the agony and pain, they’ve experienced.

The intention of this piece, was to show you the importance of the ones before you. Many generations forget and do not properly honor those who set the trail ablaze. There is an ART to it all, and it should continue for generations and the generations to come!