Leave No Path Untaken
"FACE YOUR LIFE,
ITS PAIN, ITS PLEASURE
LEAVE NO PATH UNTAKEN."
-Neil Gaiman
It's funny when you come to the end of a road. I've had a lot of those over the last few years. It's like I've been drinking from the fire hose of change. I mind it and I don't.
Change can be unsettling. It can make you question a lot of things. "Why is this happening?" "Is this right?" "Do I need a new pair of shoes?" I can tell you with confidence the answer to that last question is always, assuredly, "yes".
The other thing you can be confident in? Change means growth. I think that's why it doesn't feel great. Remember growing pains as a kid? Not fun. But you got taller. And so, growing gets you places. You're not the same person you were when you started. And that's exciting. That's really exciting.
I don't want to be the same person - ever. I want to end each day having grown and I want to wake up each morning wondering how much I will grow that day. And I want to look for the things that will grow me. Actively. Am I asking for it? Absolutely. Do I give a crap? Not a single one. Why? Because where you're growing, there your life is.
Thank God for our lives, right? What gifts they are. What gifts we are.
LIKE LIST
I finally got my grubby mits on John O'Donohue's The Invisible Embrace: Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope and I'm digging it. Check out O'Donohue's interview on On Being.
While you're in listening mode, peep this must-see Ted Talk from BJ Miller on "suffering together" and what really matters at the end of life. Here is a snippet of what he says. Whew.
My two favorite Instagram accounts right now? Share Love Everywhere and Hot Dudes Reading. Get into those because why not?
And finally, stumbled across this achingly beautiful track by RITUAL. I think music in heaven will sound like this.
Before I go, I wrote (and recorded) a new poem for you. I hope you like it.
See you next time...
♡
me.