Day 277: You Don’t Need to See the Whole Future
It's ok to make a decision when you're not 100% sure about it, because rarely will you be 100% sure.
There will always be questions, what if's, just because you're moving forward. and forward is an unknown.
The saying, "take a chance", wouldn't even exist if we knew exactly what we were going to get from the future we choose to walk into.
And yet, too many people sit on the side of the road waiting for there to be no cars coming from either direction before they feel safe to step off the curb and walk to what waits for them on the other side.
And yet, the road is rarely, if ever, clear of obstacles. You have to step off the curb and start walking anyway.
When I started to consider an RV, the feeling came in an instant. I was in an incredibly beautiful, isolated spot on the Baja. One that's taken my breath away every time I've seen it in the last 35 years.
The only way to spend more than a few hours there is to camp. This time it was January and the cove hadn't filled with RV's yet. There were a few.
It was early morning, and I watched a man and his dog paddle boarding in this magnificent natural beauty, having it almost to themselves.
There was that instant and total connection to the Universe. One of those magical moments where everything makes sense and you feel you're exactly where you belong.
I've experienced those moments in several of my favorite places in nature over the years. But this one was different. The message that came through was that my soul wanted this and I needed to find a way to make it happen.
What part of it did my soul want? The RV? Taking short trips to the wilderness? At that moment I wasn't sure. I knew the information would come as I started saying yes to figure it out.
But that moment is imprinted on my brain. It was the signal, the information that sent me down this path, not knowing more than maybe 5-10% of where I was going.
That's usually all we get. A little bit to go on.
The rest will be shaped by the choices we make, the people we meet, the doors that open, the doors that close, and the way we keep responding to what is in front of us.
I just kept feeling my way toward it. I had been given the feeling. It was my job to figure out how to get back to it and have it for myself in my life.
That's why it's so important to trust yourself. To constantly be checking in with your emotional guidance system. Paying attention to the vibration you're putting out so you can be sure what matches it and is returned to you as your life is what you really want.
That's how the motorhome showed up. And it showed up in a place I liked when I saw it. And then that place was making a change, so a new place, that I like even better showed up. And I moved with the feeling.
An interesting aside. Someone at the old place told me about the other place. They used to live there. I went and drove through. I didn't like it. It felt chaotic. I liked the clean structure of the place where I first saw the motorhome.
So, the Universe found another way to move me where I was supposed to be. The owner of the place I was happy at decided to build condos. There was no choice but to leave.
I immediately thought of the other place. I went back, met someone who showed me around and I saw it in a new light. It was meant to be. My other options had to be eliminated for me to see it though.
I didn't go kicking and screaming, although sometimes the Universe does that for our own good when we are being stubborn. I went with an open heart and open mind to see what this place held for me.
We have permission to step out, choose, knowing we can always change it if we choose to shift it a little or a lot.
And we have the freedom to change at any time. That allows us to feel good about the decisions we make in the moment.
When we step out, step off the curb, and are willing to take the smallest break in traffic to make our way to the other side, we step out on faith. Faith in ourselves, trusting what our soul wants and what our inner voice is speaking into us.
That kind of alignment and congruity allows us to move forward with only a clarity of purpose, not clarity of the future.
That's what we get wrong. We don't need to see the future. We need clarity about what we want, how we want to feel, and the Universe takes care of getting us there in the way that's meant for us.
We think we need to see the whole future before we can trust the first step. But the future is shaped as we move.
At some point, we just need to step out.
Then we listen. We adjust. We keep moving with the feeling.
Today's Gentle Practice
Think about one decision where you've been waiting to feel 100% sure.
Ask yourself:
What part of this do I already know?
Maybe you don't know the whole path, how it will work, what will happen after the first step.
But notice the part that's already clear.
The feeling.
The desire.
The nudge.
The next honest step.
You don't need to see the whole future to begin moving toward what your soul already recognizes.
With you,
Lynn
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