Staying the Course In Search of a Personal Legend
What does it mean to follow your bliss, listen to your heart, or live your Highest purpose?
As I travel and plan for different destinations as a nomadic artist, it can be difficult to know which way to go and if I’m making the right choices that benefit me most, especially when the world is constantly trying to tell us how to think, what to watch, what to care about.
It can be difficult not to compare myself to other people and their successes; To someone else’s life who seems better, more established.
If you’re a person in the world like me, radical, creative, and sailing through the unknown every day, stability and balance in faith and hope are essential to staying on track. Temptations crawl up and tease, our friends give their opinions which could influence ours, doubt comes bursting through the door without an invitation and can shift our focus out of alignment.
So how do we stay the course? How do we remain true to ourselves and our individual soul journeys when the noise of the world is so loud? This is what I am learning each day as I transition from one adventure to the next.
The worst thing would be to become stuck somehow in a place where making a decision is too overwhelming. When you’re able to go anywhere, you may end up going nowhere at all. If there are too many options, it can be tough to choose any, like a writer’s fear of staring at a blank page.
In order to stay en route, I bring myself back to the foundational practices that brought me this far. All the while, reminding myself of why I feel called to live as an explorer.
I rely on my curious mind, knowing I can land on just the right answers with a good amount of research. I come back to my practices of centering, grounding, and sitting still in meditation. The answers we seek are always found within the deepest rooms of our minds, our hearts and bodies.
When I fall out of flow in a physical practice for my body, taking walks or doing yoga, I can feel it. My body never fails to send me lovely aches and pains, fatigue, mood swings and soreness to remind me that it needs attention. If I’m not paying attention to my body, I’m not paying attention to the real voices that want to speak and help me out. The truth of everything is there, waiting.
It may seem strange, but when we give ourselves the space to connect with ourselves, intimately, as deeply as possible, we can discover all there is to know. In the times I feel caught in a storm, like right now, I remind myself that I can simply center, more and more, until I find my way. I only want the way that’s paved for me, not some other version created by outside influences.
Brush off the moments of dismay that fall from the influence of tantalizing road signs, rugged speed bumps, or angry drivers who cut you off. Keep going. All is well when you stay the course, no matter what.
Your personal legend is the gift only you were meant to bring into this world for the benefit of all humankind. The only way to fulfill this great purpose is through Divine union with the world, listening to its whispers and instructions. You can’t hear these whispers if you’re not listening, so open your ears and be still. Open your mind to the wisdom of your own heart.
The world is in constant motion and we must do what it takes to find moments of calm that bring enlightenment, new thoughts and cosmic truths. Each of us has a persona legend to fulfill and it's up to each of us either to commit to its realization, or not.
May the journey toward your own personal legend be just as grand and exciting with all its twists and turns, cherishing each moment, sticky and smooth, as precious. May you find peace among the chaos to make all the best choices and live each day in ways that fill your cup to the brim.
