My Spiritual Hallway

We stumble and fall through life just as a baby does as they begin to crawl, take their first steps and quickly embrace how running brings incredible joy. 

We wonder what babies would share about this joyful experience if they knew how to communicate this to us. Would they share that the joy of running is so great that they keep rushing from point A to point B? 

Or, the secret joys of life are not found by running from point A to point B, instead slowing down and finding a new imaginary set of alphabet letters before we get to our destinations. 

We go through life with road maps and envision the course of our life and keep thinking about what we should have done and many things what we should not have done. We are always making sure we get to that destination with the least number of struggles. But what is that destination and what will we do to get there? 

For some of us we recognize that part of our journey is equipped with the tools to handle these struggles. We face adversity, we face frustration, we face health issues, and we think we are the tour guides of our journey. But are we?

I didn’t realize until midlife that I was not in control of my destination, and I was also not in control of how I handle my struggles. I also didn’t understand that my body was reacting to many things, and my logic had no idea how to handle some of this. 

Spirituality, some of us have a great awareness of it and some of us have no idea how this impacts our journey. For most of my life I thought I didn’t have any spirituality, but I quickly realized I was protecting it, and I eventually learned it was guiding me all along. This realization has helped me to stand in the hallway and watch the doors that quickly close and be aware of the ones that open. 

Standing in the ‘hallway’ of my life is a great place to be as I realize for the first time, I really am the tour guide of my life if I quickly get back to my spiritual hallway and just listen. Being there allows me to listen to my intuitiveness and I can be shown how to get from point A to point B. 

So now, I am so delighted to be able to slow down and enjoy the scenery of my life’s journey now that I keep aware of all the doors that open and close to help guide me along in my journey as I continue the road to my destination. What I will find there will of course be a surprise, but I have the trust and faith in myself to keep going back to my spiritual hallway for love, insight and guidance.