The past several months have been a time a (re)discovery for me. And with that rediscovery has come a lot of change. Changes at home, changes in my personal life and changes in my professional life. The most profound changes have really come to the surface as I have been reading a book called The Artist’s Way. And while I don’t agree 100% with everything in the book (I never do, so that’s not much of a surprise), I will say that the book has acted as a catalyst for a lot of self discovery and some very hard realizations about my life to this point.

What I am happy to be able to say is that I am now more “myself” than I have been for a long while. I seem to have, quite accidentally, been handed the reins to my life and I am quite content with being in the driver’s seat once again.  Even though I may not be totally sure of where this road leads.
I’m not one to shy away from change, I have a strange fascination with it. But change is often a symptom of something else…at least for me. What I am surprised with this time around is how all this change has brought around more order than chaos.

So, now I am faced with not just having a mantra, but living it out and trusting that it is true. You will hear me say it often…now I will see if I believe enough to live it:  Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt!

And this all brings to mind my favorite Shakespearian quote from King Lear. An all to apropos comment on how we cause more problems when we fight ourselves & try to mold our own destiny. “In striving for better oft we mar what’s well.”