Every way is unique. And EVERY way is vital.
There is no one way, and there is no same way (only the seemingly similar).
No ‘right‘ way, no ‘wrong‘ way. No ‘better‘ way, no ‘lesser‘ way. No ‘should’s‘, and no ‘should not’s‘.
There is just the simple honesty of ‘YOUR’ WAY.
Knowing, listening, and being present to ‘YOUR’ WAY.
If (and when) you find yourself pursuing ‘the path’ of another, for fear of listening to your own … If (and when) you find yourself attempting to duplicate ‘the path’ of another, holding that this will bring all that you ‘think’ you need and want … then PAUSE. BE STILL. And LISTEN.
As we go about impersonating the way of another, we unknowingly undermine the trust in our own way. Without meaning to, without realising it, we somehow suggest to ourselves that we do not know, that we cannot be trusted, and that they (whoever they may be) know – most certainly – what is best. We invest in to believing that someone other has the answers to all that we seem to be ‘looking for‘, when in truth, listening to our own way, IS the answer.
If we listen to what feels right in this Now moment – the thing that has a ‘yes‘ quality about it, the thing that has an easeful way about it (and easeful is not necessarily the same as easy) – then our unique ‘what next‘ will reveal in its own time. The way is clear (and clear does not mean clean) if we keep listening. If we keep moving with the subtle keen nudges that guide us on in each new Now.
Let it be simple.
Just as there is no handbook to the way you taste an orange, no manual to the way you see a tree, your experience of each moment is particular to you … and therefore the ‘what next‘ will always be particular to you … AND, that very ‘what next‘ will only (can only) be known to you.
No one can taste it for you, and no one can know it for you. Whilst you may be enticed by the way or another, and whilst you may be inspired by the way of another, ‘YOUR’ WAY is what it is about for you.
Your way, is unique to YOU . . . and vitally significant (indispensable no less) to ALL.
Rest your attention therefore, in Now. Whether that looks busy or calm, nimble or clumsy, luminous or cloudy … or none of the above … As you welcome your full curious attention to what is Now, without effort, you will find yourself moving in to knowing ‘what is next‘.
So this way. This way that belongs so magnificently to you – Can you honour it? Can you love it (all parts included)? Can you be honest to it? Can you listen to it?
For this, is, ‘your’ way.