Saying Yes…
I find that I get caught up in certain types of cycles in my life. Moments where I’m just existing day to day when suddenly I’m hit by an epiphany. The light bulb “clicks” on in my head and I’m given a sense of the bigger picture of my life and where I’m supposed to be going. It’s always a picture that speaks to my soul so much I can’t help but say “YES!”
At that exact moment, I’m filled with this wild, radiant energy that feels like I could conquer the world. A feeling that I could climb mountains and swim oceans to make this snapshot of my life a reality.
But then comes the down side of the cycle. The part where I find myself sidetracked by the details. Really, I’m being sidetracked by the idea that I need to control the process and manage each and every exact detail of the path exactly. I get so caught up in trying to “create” the path, that I often lose sight of the vision.
If I’m honest, the truth is, I get sidetracked by trying to make my big picture fit into the path everyone else takes. I’m trying to be reasonable and make my path fit the logic of “everyone else.”
I’ve learned, over the years, that those are my danger words:
“Everyone else…”
The minute I try to make my vision and my path make sense to everyone else, I stop dreaming and living from my heart. And when I stop living from my heart, I start to feel defeated… and sooner or later, that feeling translates into defeat.
Does that happen to you? Have you ever found yourself wandering away from your true path, away from the path your heart is telling you to take, because you’re too busy trying to make the path fit everyone else’s expectations?
This has been my biggest life lesson to date:
Follow my heart.
The path will unfold the way it should for ME as long as I let my heart lead me.