To find our ‘life paths,” we’ve got to first accept a few myths about life paths: 1. A life path isn’t a get-out-of-suffering-free card.  2. Just because you choose a life path, it doesn’t mean you’re locked into that for a day longer than you want to be.  3. Not choosing a life path is choosing a life path – but it’s not a great one.*
Campbell Walker

We’re always on a path,
Even when we think we aren’t,
We are;
How then to make sure we’re on
great one? –
Passing on the wisdom of a Yaqui shaman,
Carlos Castaneda counsels,
Be sure to follow a path with a heart:
It is where we will find life.

The beginning of your path already exists within you, like
Dorothy setting forth on the yellow brick road,
You can identify the beginning through
your talents, energies, and values, and
follow where they lead.**

*Campbell Walker’s Your Head Is a Houseboat;
**Let me know if I can help: geoffrey@thinsilence.org.