“Think of your life as full of parks, beaches, and mountain trails. I don’t mean this literally, but as metaphors for how you spend a day. Having windows and doors in your daily schedule, you won’t be confined because you will know now how important it is to cultivate emptiness.” – Thomas Moore on Awakin.org

Perhaps you can think of your Hero’s Journey in the same fashion.  Build in some actual rest spots on your Journey. Leave some empty space to allow the universe to provide an experience or an ally for you. Without an empty space serendipity cannot happen. 

Some people are afraid to have unscheduled time or nothing to look at or do. Because here come “my thoughts.”  How about shifting that belief to expect comfort and insight from your thoughts? Allow yourself to be surprised by what your Journey gives you along the way.

Think about how you can create windows and doors within each stage of your Journey, so you can know you have exits (i.e., options) as well as entrances (i.e., serendipity). The weather here has been perfect autumn: warm days, but cool to sleep.  A breeze comes in through the windows I leave open at night.  Without the hum of the air conditioner I can hear coyote song, night raptors, and early bird calls.

 

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