Healing the Mind, Body, and Soul – Committing to Making Changes

Red
Oct 21, 2016
2 min read

A good friend of mine reminded me that until we learn to look in the mirror and really see who we are, we could never hope to restore the balance in our lives or in the world. We must start with ourselves. In our many deep conversations I loved the way we could engage in discussing the ways in which our relationships with sense of self and balance. I wanted to take this trip to embark on the “journey to find myself”, but what I discovered instead was that this magically “ah-ha” moment doesn’t exist. It’s not an epiphany that smacks you in the face one day, it’s a journey of trials and over comings. It’s gradual, with uneven inclines and declines that culminate through-out your life. And you earn those over time. These opportunities these areas for growth shape who you are and lead you down the path in a direction that is your own. Its a different way of thinking than in the west and I want to bring that back with me when I return and learn to apply in my life consistently.

People have told me under their breath my whole life that knowledge is power, and this is the most powerful key to my life lessons right now. My knowledge and understanding of the world and its workings are not unraveling, instead I am asking more questions and seeing with wider eyes the potential in growth that is all around me. One thing I have learned on this journey is that I have a long way to go. Label it how you will but congruence and self discovery are keys to happiness in my eyes. And while in recent I have been pushing that off to help others find their way it feels kind of superficial in the sense that I can not yet find my own, and that I have not yet put forth the effort I ask others to commit to.

Sitting here in Thailand I am making a commitment to change. A commitment to begin to heal my soul. This is going to be hard. It is going to be work. It requires time, commitment and everything we put into all of the other aspects of our lives. But my equivalent of an “ah-ha” moment is understanding that I am ready to take the plunge into that. But the first step is easy. I need to take a step back and look at what really makes me happy and then the plunge; cleansing my life to make that a reality.

“Jobs fills our pockets, adventures fill our soul.” – Jaime Lyn Beatty