I was talking with a friend the other day about my Dream Big post and they mentioned that they don’t know what they want to do. So I thought I would do a post about finding your own way, listening to your inner voice and how to connect deeply with your wants and dreams.
The truth is, the universe has a way of pointing us in the right direction. However, we as humans tend to be too busy running our own lives to pay attention to the subtle messages happening all around us. If you are trying to get in touch with your life’s passion, I would start in the rational place of making a list of activities, hobbies, events, everything you enjoy. Can any of those be occupations? Maybe you just want to do it as a hobby? Can you love it even when you hate it? As my mom would say:
Does it thrill your soul?
Once you have honed in on your various interests, that’s where I believe the real magic starts. This is the part where you start to pay attention to everything happening around you. Did your friend just mention something that you never would have expected? Did you accidentally attend an event that related to your interest? These are subtle ways of the world nudging you in the right direction. They were always there, but you were not always looking. Be warned, the world is patient. It will let you take as much time as it takes for you to get it.
I had an experience where this occurred just the other day. We recently changed seating arrangements at my place of employment. I was chatting with my new neighbor co-workers trying to get to know them and I shared that I used to teach French and was working toward being a French professor. We all chatted and shared our different experiences as one had previously been a teacher and another had a relative that was a teacher. But that was the extent of the conversation. A few days later, I’m sitting at my desk and one of the people I was chatting with before spouted out a statement in French. I was completely stunned. It caught me off guard. The truth is I love French and speaking French, but I’m severely out of practice. However, it is something I would love to mess around with and be able to bring back into my life. So where is the universal connection in this? We just changed seating and she sits right next to me! And, to be honest, French is not the most common major or language that people tend to study in the area where I live. Subtle, but the message was received.
Now, again, I can hear the skepticism. It’s all just a coincidence. First, I do not personally believe in coincidences. Second, I would challenge the critic to simply give it a shot. Start noticing the things that are going on around you. Within a short time, I assure you, you will be taken aback by the results. I challenge you to try it out and share your thoughts and experiences either way! I welcome the conversation!
As I stated before, the world is always throwing opportunities your way. The problem is that we are usually too engrossed in our “issues” to notice them. When you can quiet the mind and really focus on what you want and what is going on around you, it is truly miraculous what can appear. To learn to quiet your mind, you must learn to understand and take control of your thoughts. I hope you are starting to notice a trend here:
EVERYTHING we Feel, Do and Experience starts with our THOUGHTS!
So let’s discuss addressing our thinking patterns in a little further detail. This part is essential to learning to connect to your true passion(s) in life. Most of us just let our thoughts run rampant like an unattended toddler. We believe we have no control of them. But if you stop and notice them, if you begin to question them, and if you challenge yourself to change them, you begin to realize that we have far more control of over our thoughts and emotions than we once believed. Mastering this skill is the key to tapping into communicating to the universe what we truly desire to attract into our lives.
I’m going to keep the Power of Thought discussion high-level for now, as it merits a full posting or several in and of itself. It can be a challenge to Master. And truly, it is really more of a practice that you get better at, but that you always have to work at. Learning how our thoughts dictate our feelings and actions and how they communicate with the universe is a subject that I find truly fascinating and I’m excited to begin sharing this amazing discovery with you.
So let this posting be the first in a series to follow on how to begin to connect with your inner self, your passion, and how you can draw it to you. I will be sure to link them as I post them so you can follow along on this journey of self discovery!