Life's a Journey.....

We hear the word more and more lately as it becomes paramount to describing the 'path' we are all on. Journey.

It's all about the journey, ladies and gentlemen!

When I discovered I was actually on one of these journey things, I started to wake up. I call it waking up because that's really what it felt like.

In the past, I constantly felt stupid, not understanding why I didn't have all of the information I needed to do what I so badly needed (and wanted) to do.

People in my life would tell me things I would take to heart - who knew if they really even meant them? I fell asleep every night frantic about dumb things I may have said to people, worried that they would now despise me. I fretted about what people thought, how I looked, what I ate....an endless list of made up, imagined garbage that benefited no one, especially myself.

Where did all of this fit in - why wasn't all of this great info in my mind when others seemed to have things so together already. Did I miss a class? Did I fall asleep? Did I not deserve to fill my life with wonder and magic too? Was this a punishment for wasting my twenties (alright, alright...always being wasted in my twenties).

If you've already caught my biggest error in finding my way down my path, kudos to you! For the rest, let me explain.

Just like the movie 'The Wizard of Oz' I found myself feeling like I was caught in the 'tornado' of life. If you think that analogy was bad, I'm not done.....we all have a yellow brick road to walk - and we have things to see and do along the way. We meet people, we discover things - I just never thought it would take me so long to do all of that. Why couldn't I be what I wanted to be right now?! Answers never came fast enough.

When I finally let go of the idea that I could 'wait around' for others to bring me the best parts of my life - things started to change. I looked at things from a new perspective.

Once I realized that I had a huge responsibility in the running of my own life - the living of my own journey, I was off. The reins were taken and away I went! Once I understood I was the conductor of my own journey - there was no stopping me. We all have our limitations - self imposed barbed wire fences we use to keep ourselves tucked neatly between the parameters of 'safe.' We tend not to go outside of these lines - and when we do, many of us feel very uncomfortable and attempt to use every excuse to return to the safety of their defined realm.

What if we cut the fence and bolt? I did and it was the best thing to ever happen to me.
I can't tell you exactly the moment it all clicked, but I literally freed a slave! I'm aware of my choices now. I choose. I am rewarded with consequence, good or not so good. Flexible means being able to 'flex' - adapt to the change of course and carry on.

Most of all - enjoy whatever path we are on while we are on it. No complaints. They only work against us.

If we live life with the best intentions, then all of the negative stuff dissolves away. We have no 'bad' left to dwell on. Free!

We are all capable of what we put our minds to......all things begin with a thought.

So, what's on your mind?