Setting Off On a Journey
What's on the horizon just beyond your present vision?
In a recent email by author David Whyte, he spoke about taking a pilgrim journey. He says,
“Setting off on a journey, toward a possibility, an ambition, a horizon just beyond our present vision, but living in our imagination, has been an ancient and abiding dynamic in all human lives since the beginning of conscious time.”
This was the second time within a week that the idea of a pilgrimage journey has been mentioned.
The other one was in passing after meeting a stranger at my yard sale last Sunday. He mentioned that in the fall he would walk the Camino de Santiago, a famous pilgrimage trail through Spain that takes about 4 to 6 weeks to walk. (I immediately added this to my bucket list/vision board.)
So many of us are seeking journeys within our lives.
As Whyte says, “We are each on a journey whether we leave the confines of our home or not.”
We go on metaphorical journeys where we’re not actually seeking a literal destination, but we are seeking movement and transition, change and expansion within ourselves.
And we go on physical journeys – to learn a secret, to discover something new, to see the world, and ourselves, in new ways.
Maybe you’re on a journey to know yourself better right now, discovering how to move closer to your authenticity. Maybe you’re on a journey in your spiritual life, deepening your relationship with the Divine or your own spirit team.
Perhaps your journey is to get out of your comfort zone at this point in your life. To shake things up. To feel challenged. It’s a journey of courage, of allowing yourself to excavate something laying dormant deep within.
Or maybe your journey is literally traveling to new places across this beautiful earth, learning new ways of living, immersing yourself in unfamiliar land and people. It’s the journey of wonder, awe, and surprise. It’s a journey of seeing things from a new perspective, with fresh eyes. Maybe it’s a pilgrim journey.
I am currently journeying through some life transitions that feel big to me, from letting go of a home to watching my son prepare to leave for college to figuring out how I can be in greater service in the world. There’s no map to this. No one can tell me exactly how to navigate it. It calls for me to simply put one foot in front of the other. To take the next right action. And to stop often – to rest, breathe, and to be aware.
So, what journey are you finding yourself in right now?
Let’s keep looking towards the horizon, just beyond our present vision. Imagine what awaits us there.
Thanks for reading.
Keep holding the light. xo, Laurie