"Traveling from the known to the unknown requires crossing an abyss of emptiness.
We first experience disorientation and confusion. Then, if we are willing to cross in wonder, we enter an expansive and untamed country that has it's own rhythm.
Time melts.
Thoughts become stories, music, poems, images, ideas.
This is the intelligence of the heart.
-a vast range of receptive and connective abilities: intuition, wisdom, meaning making,.
It is aesthetic, qualitative, creative, sensitive, innovative.
And it is here that we uncover our purpose and passion.
The future exists only in our imaginations."
-Dawna Markova
fr: Wide Open
The first step to uncovering purpose and passion is paying attention to what your heart is gently telling you. You know, that rhythmic beat beat beat that starts to move a little faster when you've seen or done something that just feels right? That elation you feel when your knee deep in a moment that makes you so very happy? A memory created that you take with you always, recalling every single little detail that always brings a smile to your face? Time melts.
I have felt the abyss of emptiness, I have felt the disorientation and confusion.
This is know: when I follow the yearnings of my heart, when I listen to the small voice within that quietly leads me down my life path, I am fulfilling my passion and purpose. The emptiness is filled, the disorientation falls away, the confusion becomes clarity.
It's been there all the time.