Progress is generally thought of as forward momentum; a continual process focused on the fulfillment of a perceived goal by overcoming any obstacles which may lay ahead. That forward motion starts first with a goal then, as any journey, with a single step into the unknown, gradually redefining the direction forward. Sometimes that forward motion slows, we encounter problems that need solution, slowing progress but continually pushing. And then other times our advance may need to come to a complete stop, we find that our pursuit has brought us to a point where continuing would be disastrous, another step would take us over the edge.Imagine a man out for a walk, his path has him struggling through the rain and pressing up the hills until his forward motion is met with the edge of a cliff. He pauses, lest he walk right off the cliff to a certain demise. In that moment of reflection he realizes that it is no longer reasonable to continue walking the path before him. Instead he does a 180° and continues in the other direction.If you find yourself walking and come upon a ledge, do you continue and walk off or do you turn around and walk the other direction? The answer is uniquely yours to ponder, however the act of an about-face shouldn't be seen as failure. It should be seen as part of the process toward greater ideas and opportunities. The edge may come more than once on a journey and impede progress and perhaps it needs to for an individual to find something better.When the edge is before you, what do you do? Do you keep going or do your walk away with a greater understanding of yourself? We must not be afraid to walk to the edge, see the depths before us and understand the decisions which not only led us to the precipice, but fully comprehend the consequences of the choice that stands before us.