Two Roads Diverged – Yet I took Both
You can choose to travel more than one path in life at a time…even when the roads deviate.
Every single day you choose what to do with your life. Or not. You decide what paths you will take to achieve the goals you have for yourself, whether immediate, short-term, or long-term. Or not. This is entirely up to you.
Most people have dreams, visions of their lives, ideas, hopes, and designs for themselves. Some of these are pretty far-fetched, some are almost entirely reliant on other people, while others are perfectly attainable.
Just to add a twist to this, however, these notions change. Ergo, the things you desire in your youth likely won’t be what you want in your 20’s. Furthermore, the things you desire in your 20’s tend to not be the same as those you seek in your 40’s.
As if that’s not enough to wrap your head around, the paths you desire to travel in this life may be terribly divergent roads. Yet you are still completely able to travel more than one at a time.
The roads of life are never linear
If the paths of your life are represented by roads, it’s really important to keep in mind that they are not necessarily laid out as you expect roads to be. Parallel, perpendicular, intersecting, and normal patterns for roadways simply may not apply.
To quote Doc Brown from Back to the Future:
“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.”
That’s the key. One path may be on the ground, another in the air, another at sea, and yet another beneath the ground. Even more fun and complex, they can exist simultaneously in different plains of the multiverse.
How does that work? The two paths I am currently traversing at the same time are fairly different. On the one I am writing and publishing more and more of my work, seeking to make a living wage. On the other, I am recording audiobooks for other authors and would like not only to expand that but to branch into further voiceover work – also to make a living wage.
Two paths, two roads. Sure, they share some aspects of one another, but they are nonetheless very different pathways. Yet I can take both at the same time, even when they utterly deviate from one another.
Limitations are self-imposed
For a lot of people, they cannot fathom how to take one path in their life, let alone more than one. Yet when it comes to making choices for your life, you hold all the power.
That can seem awfully out-there to some people. They are so heavily indoctrinated in the societal expectations and norms that they can scarcely believe in any power for themselves. This is especially difficult if you get even a little sucked into the news media and world happenings.
Any and all limitations that you believe in, particularly when it comes to yourself, are generally self-imposed.
This is not to say that there aren’t some things you cannot do, or at least can’t do without a tremendous amount of difficulty. I would love to be able to do back-flips while standing. In my current physical state that’s not possible. It could be, but I am honestly not willing to put in the work necessary, because it’s not a major need for my life.
However, that’s a key to much of what you can do in the face of limitations. You put in enough effort and you can do a great many things you truly desire to do.
Which is another factor in this. The paths you choose for your life tend to not be utterly fanciful impractical notions, but possibilities that inspire, excite, and light you up like a Christmas tree.
While they will change and shift over time, sometimes you will still traverse more than one simultaneously.
To quote Henry Ford:
“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t – you’re right.”
Mindfulness is for everyone
Mindfulness is a practice open to every single person on the planet. Everybody has the ability to be mindful.
This entails becoming aware of what you are thinking, what and how you are feeling, and the intentions behind actions you take from there. Ultimately, this puts you in the now, which is the only true reality that there is.
The past is passed, and cannot be repeated – but it can be learned from. The future is unwritten, as your actions in the here and now will create it.
Thus, when you know the roads you desire to travel in this life, the paths you want to take to be the best you that you can be, you have all the power to make it so. You can travel multiple divergent roads at once…but in order to recognize and be in any control over this process you have to be mindful.
A lot of self-helpery makes this look easy. Just give it the thought, be super-positive about it, close your eyes and it will be! Positivity is necessary to raise your vibrational frequency, and that in turn attracts like things to it and to you that can make the life you seek. However, it’s just one part of the process.
Nothing intentional just happens. You have to think, and feel, but then you have to ACT. If you do not take intentional actions to start down any given path, you stagnate. When you make no choices or decisions to act upon your subconscious will nudge you from the driver’s seat and act on what you are thinking about. If you aren’t mindful of what you are thinking and feeling this can lead to less-than-desirable outcomes.
To quote Theodor Hertzl:
“If you will it, it is no dream.”
The roads are open to you
Despite messages telling you that it’s important that you drive this car, drink that soda, have this physique, own that home and such in order to be worthy and deserving of being awesome, that’s simply not true. You are worthy and deserving of finding, creating, and choosing a life that makes you happy.
This life is meant to be lived. Experienced. Enjoyed. You are not just here to slog through each day, but to learn, grow, and discover new things. The paths you see before you that excite you are for you to decide to choose to travel.
You are capable of taking more than one road at a time. Nobody can choose for you unless you allow it. You can choose to travel more than one path in life at a time…even when the roads deviate.
What roads are you traveling, and are they truly those you desire to be on?
This is the four-hundred and ninth entry in my series. These weekly posts are ideas for, and my personal experiences with, walking along the path of life to consciously create reality. I share this journey as part of my desire to make a difference in this world along the way. I also desire to empower myself and my readers with conscious reality creation.
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