Only You and God know your path

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You have spent more seconds seeing your own circumstances than anyone else ever will. No one knows the conglomerate list of your favorite foods from the time you were born until now, but you. No one knows the very core of your relationship with your mother, the brother that's off at school, or your children. No one knows what your favorite song is today, until you tell them. No one knows the chain of events down to the finest detail that have led you to this point in your life. And know one knows what's best for your future.

That's why it's so vital to be in tune with our truths, intuition, and the higher power that we believe in. I believe in a loving Heavenly Father that has a divine and perfect plan for each human being that roams this planet. I believe that we can open our hearts and hear that plan. And I believe that whether or not we have heard it, our decisions still belong to us. We decide to wake up in the morning and crawl out of bed. We decide to become a mother, firefighter, or chef. We decide to choose a goal and to or not to make the minor, everyday and major, occasional decisions that lead us to or away from that goal. I love to believe this. I love to know that I am capable of absolutely everything and anything, that I have every opportunity in this world, and that I'm not alone in any of it.

On that note, I believe that you have all the tools to get to know yourself, and that using them is the best thing that you can do for yourself. By doing just that, you can discern what the most wonderful way for you to create and spend your life is. So spend the time asking yourself questions, testing out different scenarios in your mind, and enjoy it. When you're in the passenger seat on the freeway, look over at the people in the cars next to you and wonder about them -- what they're thinking about, what they go home to -- a messy first floor apartment with rowdy upstairs neighbors or a suburban paradise that's decorated to the nine -- whether they love it, who they go home to, whether they love them, and what their dreams are.

Play pretend. Imagine. Create little stories.

The observation of others helps us to know ourselves, even if they're imaginary. When you think about these things, a little feeling will rise in your chest, arms, tummy, cheeks. It'll feel like joy or it'll feel like discomfort. Learn to recognize it and you'll learn who you are and what you value. That's why knowing ourselves gives us the comfort of confidence in our decisions. If we are able to affirm by feelings that we are doing what we want, and what God wants for us, then we can move firmly, boldly, kindly, and confidently.

If we recognize that process of intuitive self knowledge, it becomes very obvious that if you are in tune with yourself, no one else can determine what's best for you because they don't know you as well as you, yourself do. They can not feel your feelings. It's a lovely blessing to be able to ask for an outsider's perspective, to be warned of things we aren't seeing, sometimes because of our own feelings. We are human, and humanity has a splendidly goopy recipe. It's full of odd little ingredients and measurements. It is imperfect and beautiful. So sometimes another's opinion is exactly the missing ingredient. Other times, it's a wonderfully obnoxious thing called, "unsolicited advice" and it's far from helpful, more like harmful. Be in tune also to be able to recognize when someone's guidance is helpful or harmful.

Mommas, dads, grandmas, papas, husbands, wives, teachers, books, nature, and patterns often guide us to the loveliest of places. Know when to listen and when to set boundaries. Make sure that no thing or person ever controls your life. Make sure that you're walking with direction and not being carried without independence. This is your life. This is your path. Be open and respectful, while also being in charge.

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