Who are we all in this great big world?
I have just spent 18 months on a most amazing inner journey that has allowed me to start finding out who I really am. On this journey, I came to realize that I was indeed a fortunate person. For most, we avoid this inner look into who we really are. We choose the roads that are delicately and perfectly paved and avoid the gravel ones that leave dings on our undercarriages. I know that for me, I became my 'life' and in becoming my life, I allowed others to decide for me 'who I was'. It is easy to throw shame and blame at others for our weaknesses and for our shortcomings. Yes, it works for a while, then one day you realize that you are a prisoner of this as well. Once you cast off all blame, you can see that the world is this great big place where you are the Captain of your own ship. For me, I wanted more. I set sail one day and trust me, the weather was stormy and I was scared to death.
That very first day I stood on the bow of my boat and looked off into the sunset...it seemed so huge and there was nothing on the horizon! Scary, but exciting as there was no one expecting me to be anything. There were no ships to navigate around, no one to give right of way to. There was just this huge span of nothingness. As far as I could see, there was only unwritten adventures of my travels. When I looked again, I realized that after all the nothingness, there was the sun awaiting my arrival. What a glorious time I would have! Bit by bit I would navigate the seas and really learn about who 'I' was.
The story of my adventure may be uninteresting to some, the same as others, or perhaps just a dream to most! Our journeys are all different but the destination remains the same. Happiness and peace. I hope each will find their own destinations with a book of tales of adventures under their arms!
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