Time to see the world differently

There is something about this phrase I heard recently - "..time to see the world differently..." I needed to let these words set for a while, let them roll around in the background and see what insight they end up offering me. Sometimes it is like making soup. You tuck ideas in one after another, let them cook for awhile, and then ladle a big bowl full to try when all the flavors have combined. 

There have been many phrases and ideas dropped into my lap over the last few years.  A few small words here, a few there. All I have simply set aside while allowing them to swirl around in the background until the time was right. Perhaps that time is now. 

Since the end of January, I been moving through a fog when it comes to my writing and what I want my life to look like moving forward.  Should it still be one step in front of the other continuing in the same direction, or is it time to shift my view to take in new horizons. When I read this quote. I suspected I wouldn't have to wait much longer for the answer. Then on a group call-in with my mentor, she shared a huge shift she felt she needed implement in her own life - a startling and unexpected one. As she shared this new direction, one word rang out from deep within - THIS!

No, I don't feel led in the same direction as she is, but the principle behind what she was doing struck a chord in me.  It was time to let go of all my current expectations and to see where the universe is guiding me.  She talked often about discovering your SOUL mission, the reason you are here on this earth. Are you to be a teacher, a mentor, a guide, an instigator?  This time she shared that she had discovered she also had a SOLO mission apart from the other. What was that? I was intrigued.

I am not qualified to dive deep into an explanation of these missions. I have only explored with her help my heart's guidance as to my SOUL mission.  My physical reaction at the mention of a SOLO mission meant I needed to open myself up to listening over the next few weeks as to why this affected me so deeply. As I pause, there is a shift happening within that will change not only my view of the world, but how I move through in.

In the past, a discovery like this would have been frightening. Change can be amazing, but I have learned it can also be challenging, and at times extremely painful. Not only is everything within you put into chaos, your outer community of family and friends may not be accepting. They are comfortable with the you they know. The shifts you are led to make may be unsettling and confusing for them. You might even have to temporarily (hopefully) walk away from someone you cherish. 

Despite this, I am committed to growing, becoming and having as much positive impact on the world as I can.  What that means right now in this moment isn't fully clear. All I can do is just keep putting one foot in front of the other, while allowing space for my new view to both emerge and then come into focus.  Hopefully when it does, my role moving forward, what I want my life to look like for the next few years, will become crystal clear.  

Time to see the world differently!