Something to think about

Today’s focus is about following your instincts and “Staying the course”.
We all have that voice that guides us. I like to call it your intuition. You may call it your instincts. Whatever you call it, it’s still there. It’s always there. It’s always right and waiting for you to listen. Sometimes we get off track—on this journey we call life. Perhaps there is some path you are on and you are having a difficult time staying on the path—or you took a wrong turn. That’s okay—forgive yourself for and “wrong doings” (or faults that you see in yourself). Be strong—so you can persevere. We will find our determination—that quiet, strong, voice that says “keep going’; “Yes, you can do it”; “This is the right path”; “You are going the right way”.
As you focus on your path, I do not know where you are or what you are struggling with. Maybe you know that you are on the right path and are struggling to stay on it. Maybe you made a wrong turn. Don’t let it get you down. Learn from any mistakes that you make and get back on the path.

You would not have the wisdom and knowledge you know possess were it not for the setbacks you have faced, the mistakes you have made, and the suffering you have endured. Once and for all, come to realize that pain is a teacher and failure is the highway to success. You cannot learn how to play the guitar with hitting a few wrong notes and you will never learn to sail if you are not willing to tip the boat over a few times. Begin to see your troubles as blessings, resolve to transform your stumbling blocks into stepping stones and vow to turn your wounds into wisdom.
When life throws one of its curves, follow the words of Rainer Maria Rilke:
Have the patience with everything that remains unsolved
in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like
locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language
do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given
because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing
everything. At present, you need to live the question. Perhaps
you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself
experiencing the answer, some distant day.

You might not even know the question. Some of you are asking “what question?”. I do not know where you are on this journey. Perhaps you know the question and are waiting for the answer. Or perhaps you are ready for the answer. Only you will know. Listen to your intuition.

This is a passage from Robin Sharma:
It is easy not to listen to what the Quakers call the “still, small voice within,” that inner guide that is your personal source of wisdom. It is often difficult to march to your own drumbeat and listen to your instinct when the world around you pressures you to conform to it dictates. Yet, to find the fulfillment and abundance you seek, you must listen to those hunches and feelings that come to you when you most need them.
As I grow older, I give far greater respect to my instincts and to the natural reservoir of intuition that slumbers within each of us. The impressions I receive when I first meet a new person or the inner sense of wisdom that softly nudges me in the right direction during a trying time have come to play a larger part in the way I work and live. It seems that with age comes the corresponding ability to trust your own instincts.
I have also found that my personal instincts grow stronger when I am living “on purpose,” to say, spending my days on activities that advance me along the path to my legacy. When you are doing the right things and living the way nature intended you to live, abilities you were not aware you had, become engaged and you liberate the fullness of the person you really are. As the Indian philosopher Patanjali eloquently wrote:
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary projects, all of your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitation, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties, and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

Uh oh, I'm in trouble

I am back with the guy that I was dating when I was trying to date two guys at one time. It didn't work out too well with the first one. We got into a little tiff while in Colorado. I just wasn't feeling it anymore and he was pretty upset by that. We are no longer on speaking terms b/c he needs to grow up and get off of Daddy's payroll.
I say that I am in trouble with this one because I am feeling something different. There is definitely a spark there, but I am afraid to jump to conclusions. I don't want to say anything and jinx myself so I am trying to keep my mouth closed. It is so hard!!!! I do like him a lot, but I don't know that I am ready to show him that. He has told me in the past that he feels the same way, and he did say that he really missed me when we stopped dating. I am scared of the same things that I am always scared of: him lying to me and feeding me a load of bull. I guess only time will tell. I may be making another mistake, but I am going to San Antonio with him this weekend. I guess I will see how things go and take it from there. I really want this one to work out.