Heart's Adventure

Every so often in life you realize that it’s time to move on – to pull up anchor and chart a new course. This doesn’t always mean making a physical move – it can be a spiritual or emotional movement – but what ever it is, it is a time of letting go, i.e.: of bad habits, of old ways of thinking, of unhealthy relationships, and perhaps of possessions that have begun to weigh you down. For me this is such a time. I want to open myself to greater opportunity, to new experiences and new ways of being in the world. It’s time to make that next move to continue to create the life I really want.

I recently read Karen Kingston’s book, Clearing Your Clutter with Feng Shui and it has really helped give me that extra push to move forward on my journey of letting go. This includes letting go of my home, those possessions that no longer hold energy for me, and creating a new space for a healthier and more fulfilling life. Like any new journey, it is beginning not only with excitement and anticipation, but with fear and trepidation. As I move forward, however, I do so with purpose and intention. I can see the horizon of where I want to be and seeing it makes it that much closer as I set off once again on my heart’s adventure.

What does it mean to live an intentional life? Is it about having goals, assuming we know what we really want? And we can ever be sure that our goals will bring us what we need since we can never imagine what will happen between now until then? I know people with some great intentions, i.e.: a client of mine is excited and focused on starting a new career, a friend is dedicated to become a published author, and my nephew is dreaming about college to become a mechanical engineer. While their future goals are clear, it seems to me that it’s their excitement, dedication, and ability to dream – being fully engaged in life – that makes their lives intentionally lived. Beyond that I think it’s the energy that pulls us towards a goal and living life in a more conscious way; it’s having an understanding of one’s values and strengths, and how to utilize them effectively to create a life on one’s own terms. Life may hold many surprises for us, and we may stumble at times, but as the captain of our ship it’s what we make of the journey, and not the destination, that makes all the difference.