Everyone is born to a path, in a geography to a people. Parents bestow a heritage; a place to start. It could be good, or awful; likely some kind of mixture. What I do with these offerings – is on me.
Talking with a friend recently reminded me how societal indoctrination influences my perception. Do I want what I say I do; or was I schooled to think so? Despite asking this question for ages, I still trip up. Living intentionally is a lifelong venture.
Beliefs and habits of thought taken as fact, may actually be fiction. Abraham Hicks reveals how my feelings of joy, appreciation and love indicate accurate, genuine truth. Emotions like fear, despair and powerlessness are tales I tell myself. The straitjacket is self-imposed. A good litmus test when following an inclination is the emotion that surfaces.
Every day is an opportunity to sleepwalk through life, live that pre-programed route bequeathed by birth and background. Or I can diverge – travel a singular road. J.R.R. Tolkein says “all who wander are not lost.”
Maybe it’s time to take this life to the next level; or as Ciara says “Less talking, more action – Level Up”
“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.”
― Thomas Merton
