Sit comfortably while I tell you a story. 

 

What story will it be?, you ask. 

 

Well, it is the greatest story of all time! It is the story of you. 

 

How wonderful it would be to have someone tell us our story! Our purpose. Our reality. Our destiny. However you want to name it. I have found that when people search for answers it is much easier to look without than within. 

 

Who is the narrator of your story? You are.

 

You don't like the job you're in...write a new career into your story. If you are not happy with something...write a new scene. Easier said than done? No not really. Once you set your mind to doing it each step becomes smoother and lighter. That safety zone that you're in really is just a comfort zone. You've let your dreams slip away because you thought they were unattainable or you could be satisfied with what you have. Well if you were satisfied, you wouldn't be commenting on not liking your job or your house or car or hairstyle or partner.

 

My mother has her clients write a short biography of themselves when they come into group therapy sessions. She has found that people look at this in horror. Her clients have looked outside themselves for comfort or safety or release or escape. They have not been able to really see their story. They lost the book or a few pages have been torn out. What they realize in the exercise is that they are not the sum of the words on the pages. They are so much more. They are not defined by or limited by what their biography states...only by what they think or how they act.

 

Now I myself have difficulty writing my own biography. I just can't seem to find a beginning. I have many stories to grasp and cull a great tale out of but so do many others. So my own thoughts create my limitations. 

 

Words are magic. When you write down your desires, your fears, your thoughts, your dreams...you can work through or manifest those things you want to achieve. Sometimes it doesn't happen for a long period. I won't use the term: time. Time is relative to each individual. We each determine how fast or slow time passes. When we pay attention to the "time" it moves slow. When we loose ourselves in the moment, it "flies". 

 

So write and do not stop. Do not limit yourself. When you feel limitations or something holding you back, push past it. If that doesn't work, step away from the paper and pen for a little while. But go back. Your story will not write itself. You were given Free Will. Use it. Don't let it slip away. You can choose your path just like you can choose your dinner. Sometimes you're just not hungry but you need the nourishment anyway.

 

I don't write this all for any one in particular. In fact it is a pep talk to myself more than anyone. I wrote it because it seemed timely for me. Words that others have written or said in the past couple of days have really touched me deep. Thank you for giving me much to think about....and to write.