Destiny

We all have a destiny to fulfill. It is that something that you are deeply passionate about. I remember once when my daughter who at the time was in high school asked me if she should know what she wanted to be and do with her life. She said that her friends already knew what it was that they wanted to do and be. I told her that many of her friends might have picked something but not necessarily knew what it was that they were born to do and become. Some people are born knowing. Most of us are not and so the Universe orchestrates what is needed for you to reach your destiny. The Universe doesn't worry if you are going to hit rough road and if you can deal with it or if you will be pissed off as a result or what age you will be when you get there. The Universe knows that you are safe and eternal. The Universe simply wants to get the job done and works through people!

"What you seek is seeking you." ~Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi.

Our destiny is there-it is planted in our hearts and pulls us towards itself. The experiences and sometimes the challenges we face are there to help prepare us to meet our destinies. There seems to be this notion that if all isn't well, peaceful and prosperous in our lives then we are doing something wrong. The New Age movement and more recently the movie The Secret will have us believe that challenges are unnatural and if we are facing some difficulties then it is because we aren't thinking positively enough or we don't know how to work with the Law of Attraction. This way of thinking cannot be of any real value and is counter productive. Many people go through very difficult experiences and challenges only to have risen above them and can say with certainty that the difficulty was a necessary and a vital part of a divine plan in order for them to find and at last meet with their destiny.

Caroline Myss tells us that "storms mentor sailors". That quote is burned into my psyche because truly, what can come that is of real and lasting value if it was just dropped in your lap? There are many people that never have had to face a challenge, work a day in their life and have miserable existences because they are buffered from reality and feel empty of purpose and meaning. I had a friend say to me recently “Never think that you can’t make a difference.” That is fuel! Now go out and seek what is seeking you!