Don't try to figure it out, just enjoy the ride. It's what someone says when they are taking you for a surprise. It's also how I'm trying to view my life right now. There is so much to experience; life is but one great adventure. I have so many ideas of what I want those experiences to be, and I'm really good at holding out for them. I feel that I won't be able to hit certain milestones without hitting certain other ones first. For example, I don't believe that I will surrender my heart to a man and marry him until I have traveled a bit and done some things that require great faith and risk. But who am I to say that things need to happen in that sequence? What if the journey looks different than I have pictured it? What if I have it backwards, and all that crazy amazingness happens after I've settled down with my future husband? So now I'm trying to accept that how the adventure happens is not as important as enjoying the adventure itself.
Facebook reminded me that I must have been thinking some of the same things five years ago.This is not the first time that I wrote about something that paralleled my experience at the same time in a previous year. That's just a reminder of how cyclical life is. I shared this quote in March 2013.
"We must be willing to let go of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."
--Joseph Campbell
I agree with this quote.....but why is it so stinking hard to execute? The plans I have for myself might not be the best ones for me. What would it look like if I could really surrender myself to life as it happens? To go for something and not be afraid that it would throw off the picture I already have in my head? I want to be ok with erasing that picture and letting another beautiful thing replace it. So far, I suck at surrender. If anything, I'm in overdrive working to make some of my plans come to fruition. This could end in elation or heartbreak, but I don't think I'll be satisfied until I give it my all. Join me on this adventure to find out how it unfolds. To be continued.....
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