Discover Your Own Path

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Is your life calling for a pivot? Give yourself permission to evolve.

~ Kris Carr

Your path of navigating life is as unique as you are.  We all do it our own way.  There is no one right way.  Every path involves twists, turns, pivots, stops, and starts.  Take some time to think about how you want to progress through this beautiful thing we call life.

I talk a lot about choices.  We can choose to follow our dreams and live the life we are meant to. To feel what we want to feel.  To experience life in a way that is best for nurturing our true selves.  This is certainly not effortless, and we will routinely encounter many obstacles as we journey through life.  The choices we make along the way will set the tone and shape our path.

It is easy to become creatures of habit – good and bad.  Of course, we all want to keep up the good ones.  We want to be kind, caring, and compassionate souls.  We want to experience joy and happiness in our lives.  We want to feel happy, healthy, at ease, calm, and relaxed as our default most of the time; at least, I do.

Unfortunately, this is automatic for only a select few.  The rest of us have to work at it.  For our whole lives.  But that is what ultimately makes this life worth living.  The excitement and joy we find and nurture through life, in and around all the obstacles and experiences, are ever so valuable.

We can choose to learn and overcome those obstacles.  To not let them define us.  To figure out our own best way.  To experience the spectrum of feelings that life pours down on us, take what we need, and leave behind what we don't.

What about those distressing times we all face?  The confrontations and ugliness.  Again, taking a step back and a couple of extra breaths could lead to a better understanding of the situation.  We must remember that everyone is facing their own battles and frustrations.  Believe it or not, most of those issues have nothing to do with you.  It might guide your understanding and response if you can view someone confronting you as a suffering soul lashing out at their own demons.  It is better to respond rather than react.  It's ok to tell someone you'll get back to them instead of ramping up the situation.  Let the air cool down a bit to measure your words better.

Remember your choices during confrontations.  And the ones during the good, fun times.  When you keep all of them in your memory bank, they will help you navigate life and guide you with future choices and directions along your preferred path.

In discovering your own path, avoiding getting stuck in what you are supposed to do is essential.  You need to follow your own path, not the path of someone else or society's norms.  You are one of a kind, and so is your life.  It's ok to be you and develop your way.

It is critical to be free from attachment to results along the way.  Attaching can lead to judgment, rigidity, resentment, and disappointment. Instead, embrace the uncertainty.  Allow everyone, including yourself, to be as they are.  Enjoy the magic and wonderment that unfolds before you.  Have faith in the universe!

Don Miguel Ruiz has set forth ideal goals as we travel our path in his Four Agreements: Be impeccable with your words ~ Don't take anything personally ~ Don't make assumptions ~ and Do your best.

There is no doubt all of this is hard to keep in mind, let alone accomplish amid the busyness of life.  And sometimes, during the busiest times, it is most important to stop and take a beat to reassess, to step back and consider what’s going on, and to see if we are making the right choices for ourselves. When you find yourself at a crossroads, sit in stillness and ask where you want to go, be, and become. Let the answers come to you.  Jot it all down in a journal.  Allow yourself to be open to all the choices that are before you.

And then, make the choices that nourish and enrich your soul.  Find your passions and do what makes you feel how you want to feel.  Your path will change along the way and at multiple times.  That is perfectly ok.  Just remember to enjoy the journey, my friend!

Can you define your path?  How do you navigate to a new one when it is time?

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