Soul-Self

“I couldn’t figure out why I was so restless. I sensed I was at a crossroads. Something was changing. I suspected it had something to do with my relationship with my father.”

             Jeri Ross, from See you in the Sky: a Memoir of Prison, Possibility and Peace                                                 (coming November 2019)

Hey folks I know you know what I’m talking about. We’ve all been there. How do you know when you’re at a crossroads in your life?  Are you restless, anxious or unhappy? Do you feel like something is out of sync and you just want something different in a relationship or job, perhaps a deeper connection to yourself and the life around you. What I have come to better understand is that while we may not like being at a crossroads because change feels really scary, being pushed to choose this road or that one challenges us to grow in ways that has the very real possibility to show us more about who we really want to be, what aligns with our bliss.

 I interpret that uncomfortable feeling you can’t seem to shake as a nudge from your inner guru inviting you to wake up, to grow, to evolve. That saying ‘no pain, no gain’ not only applies to physical fitness but also to the unfolding of the soul-self.  You may feel uncomfortable for a while. That’s okay. Continue to be curious. Ask for help. Take your time. Even take a timeout. Breath, walk in nature, meditate. Before I believed that the more I thought about something I could better control the outcome. Not true. Allow your next steps to be revealed to you from an uncluttered mind.  

 “One night in late December, I wondered could I follow my heart and trust that it would lead me to answers? I wasn’t sure how to embark on a journey listening to the whispers of my soul, but I was willing to give it a try.”  …excerpt from See you in the Sky

All I can say is, the journey of awakening that manifested when I finally asked my soul, my inner infinite wisdom to help out, was so profound I wrote a book to share it with you.