In life, we must check in with our hearts, listen to our inner compass, and stay open to adjusting our course as we move with purpose and anticipation toward what calls us, even when the road ahead is unknown.
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When I was learning to drive, my mother, a driving instructor at the time, would tell me, “Look close and look far away.” Metaphors abound in the everyday.
We must make it a habit to check in with our hearts — our compass — and aspire, inspire, and gratefully anticipate. Nobody but us is at the wheel, and a purposeful adventure requires both discipline and playful awareness; we are our best answer, moment by moment. We should be our own best friends. We must listen, feel, and be willing to adjust course.
We cannot adjust our course unless we know where we’re going. Clarity of purpose comes from what calls to us and what drives us — that which we need no reminder to do. We discover it through contemplation, imagination, intuition, and consistent action, moving in the direction of our desires.
We do not, and likely cannot, know how the road will unfold. That is the inherent gift of conscious attention and spiritual presence. When we are truly present in everything, especially the seemingly mundane, it strips away energetic and emotional impediments and unnecessary attachments to what is extraneous and irrelevant.
You’ll recognize it when you feel ecstatic, nervous, smiling, and full of wide-eyed anticipation.
Look close, and look far away.
Solvitur ambulando
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“Wander” from the Wander album