When the Journey Asks a Question

A few months ago I took a little girl for walk.

She reminded me of myself at that age, chatting and skipping along the path, carefree and curious. We turned off the main road onto a gravel path, muddy with the recent rains. I went first, jumped over a puddle where the rain had washed out the trail. She followed, but landed unevenly, slipped and went down on all fours.

She stood up, surprised and looking down at her knees, she began to whimper. Then seeing some blood on her hands, she broke into sobbing.

I remained calm, brushed off her hands and assured her that she would be alright. Immediately, sensing my calm and confidence, she stopped sobbing and gulped down her tears. A few moments later, she was dancing back home to get her scrap cleaned and bandaged, bouncing along and asking a million questions.

Every journey asks a question.

Every journey has an answer.

Whether it is half way around the world, or around your own neighborhood, all your journeys are soul journeys into the world and into yourself.

Listening to the questions and answers of your journeys is one of the most powerful ways to connect with your own inner wisdom and guidance. To access this guidance takes training, attention and the time to be contemplative. When we pause, to pray, meditate, contemplate or simply to jump over a puddle with a little girl, wisdom comes to us. Each person is connected with greater assistance within themselves through intimate conversations with guides, teachers and ancestors.

The question this journey asked me was:” What happens when you fall?”

The answer was: “Be calm and confident. Pick yourself up and take care of the trauma. Then continue on.”

Try This!

1)   Before you begin any journey, whether to the store, to work or to another continent, take a moment and pause in reflection. Be aware that the journey will ask a question.

2)   Now go out about your work, but keep that divine connection with the world, by keeping that awareness in your mind.

3)   Something will present itself to you-a question… and an answer. It could be the wind blowing a leaf in front of you, the cawing of a raven, or sunlight suddenly piercing the clouds.

4)   Trust your first impressions. Let it connect within yourself, inward with outer. Trust that outside reflects inside because they are created from the same wholeness- interconnected and interdependent in all places and at all times.

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