I am a wanderer. I would say that I am a seeker, but sometimes I have no idea what I might be seeking, so I will stick with wanderer. This blog is more a public journal than anything. I don't claim to have life figured out. I simply stumble from mystery to mystery, and share my reflections along the way. Sometimes I feel burdened, and trudge. Sometimes? Well sometimes grace breaks through, and its time to dance.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
step by step
If you can see you path laid out in front of you step by
step, you know it’s not your path. Your
own path you make with every step you take.
That’s why it’s your path.
Joseph
Campbell
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Here I am, wandering into my 67 year
And I really have no idea where I am going
And that is a good thing
For too much of my life I have tried to lay out my path
I have counted my steps
Mapped out my future
I have been careful
Controlled
An old soul
I was going to be doctor, until I discovered that science
and I hate each other
Than a super star pastor
So I set my path, and followed it
Pushing through the undergrowth of doubt and low self esteem
Until I climb to the top
And stepped off a cliff
There is nothing wrong with setting a direction for your
life
To know what you value,
And live toward that value
I value service,
Being a help to others;
There is nothing wrong with living toward that compass point
I value lifting others up
And value compassion
And I can live toward those things every day
But I do not have to follow the path others have set for me
Or even the path I have set for myself
All I have to do is put one foot in front of the other
Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe
All I have to do is live in the moment
And notice what I am thinking, and accept what I am feeling
And do what I care about
Living in the moment the path unfolds before me as I go
I am not stuck with an agenda that may well be wrong
A goal that may well be unobtainable
I am not burdened by what has gone before
I just live
Love
Care
Give
Open to what is in front of me
Open to who is in front of me
Walking down
My path
Wherever it may lead
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