I am taking you down a highway you have not traveled before. This highway smells of new spice and old leather and will bring great joy to your adventurous spirit. You will blaze a trail for others to follow -- others who, too, will seek their destiny as you are seeking yours.
The tears that have brought you to this place have released your root-bound soul from the parched (although safe) ground where it had been planted for years. You stand at the beginning of this road with a vision of what the journey will be like.
Like an old, leather saddle worn into a comfortable groove will be some parts of this journey as they remind you of the old place and assure you that some things never change. In other ways you will smell the aroma of new things and the adventure will ignite your senses much like the first flowers of spring filling the air with their heady fragrance.
The beginning of a journey can often be more romantic than several days or months into it when the reality of hacking through a forest of jungle growth that gives you bloody knuckles hits you full force. It may be tempting to plop under a tree and beg to be put back into the safe, root-bound pot. The world may seem too big and complicated and your destiny appears no closer than you started. In fact, it may seem farther away than ever.
You might be tempted to ask, "Where is the romance? Where is the spice of adventure that pumped adrenaline through my spirit? Is there an elixir for faint-heartedness enroute to Destiny?"
-Excerpt from my journal
What a powerful word picture. I know it was spoken to you, but it kinda thumped in my chest when I read it. Thanks for sharing.
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