You see, growing up things were pretty simple. Do well in high school so you can go to college, then do well in college so you can get a good job. Ok, so I did that and even a bit more…but then it all got so complicated.
As I began to embark on my adult life, I started to realize there were opportunities coming my way that I just couldn’t pass up. I mean, really…once in a lifetime types of things. The world was wide open to me and soon there were more options than I ever imagined. How could I possibly decide which path to take? That’s simple, I just came up with a clever little formula for judging my options objectively. Well how else could I decide, silly?
Not so fast. Over time, the voice down deep inside me started getting in the way of my objective and practical decision-making. (That wasn’t supposed to happen, by the way!) I started to realize that just because I was able to do something, didn’t necessarily mean I that I wanted to do it. One of my earliest memories of this realization was in my consulting job. It wasn’t long into my career that I knew that even if I could make partner someday, that it was something I didn’t want to do.
All of the sudden my clever formula was out the window. Oh &##^*, that really complicates things! Or does it? And therein lies possibly the most profound lesson I have learned in my 39 short years of life. It’s not your emotion that complicates things, it’s your head. And once I learned that my “gut feeling” was something so pure; something that didn’t need to be rationalized or explained, things got really simple.
Now don’t get me wrong, my brain and my gut still go to war sometimes…I suppose that is just part of my makeup. But the enlightened me understands that the less I interfere with the process, let go, and trust the clarity of my most inner voice, the simpler my life becomes.
(c)Copyright 2009, Leigh Hurst
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