Journey To Self
You may not be who you think you are.
Why does everyone seem to be getting a divorce?
Is it because we are no longer happy: living a lie, living in a box or unable to grow? Do we have unrealistic expectations of our marriages? Or is it that we haven't learned ways to relate to each other that allows for the growth our souls desire, or, in more basic terms: to get our own needs met.
We can live our entire lives making basic assumptions about ourselves. As long as the boat doesn't get rocked, things are ok, but sometimes the boat does get rocked, and sometimes it capsizes!
It can take some big event to make us ask the hard questions in life, to turn our eyes inward and see who is behind the eyes, behind the mask. Once we start to look we embark on a journey, a journey toward the Self and toward Wholeness.
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"
It is a journey back to the beginning. This journey of exploration leads us back but we arrive with new eyes, the eyes of our true self. In our honorable attempts to do the right thing, we got sidetracked and lost. This is a journey that brings us back to what is right for us. It is a journey of transformation, one where we willingly or unwillingly go inside until we are ready to emerge. It is a journey of growth, each event a step along the way.