The Real Life

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“Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side of yourself. If you do, it will take you where you need to go, but more important it will teach you a kindness of rhythm in your journey.”
— John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

“ In responding to the call we join the lineage of those who are burning with an inner fire; not simply fired up with the heat of ambition, but awakened to a dream and flame that flickers in one’s heart of hearts. A genuine calling further ignites the eternal spark originally carried into life by the soul and nothing can soothe that inner flame except that we fully respond and follow it through the world.” — Michael Meade, “Fate and Destiny”

Nobody wants to reach the end of the line and realize they took the wrong train. I don’t. I want to know I lived my real life, not the imitation life I was advised to live when I was still casting about as a confused youngster. The possibility exists to have a real life, but finding it in today’s world can be difficult.

There are levels and facets and hidden currents in every person. Most of us live on the surface of ourselves, but some of us have our art, which could be anything from gardening to cooking to writing. At least we…