Choosing our Path

"In the end,
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?"
~ Siddartha Gautama

There are times when it seems the universe has such ornery plans for us. It trifles with our hearts and emotions, never being specific, but all the while nudging us along and expecting us to choose our own path through life. God and the universe have given us wonderful, magical tools to help us on our journey. All we really have to do is open our hearts.

Ironically, the path we choose doesn't really matter. There are many lessons to learn in this lifetime -- they're all along any possible path we could ever choose. As you become aware, you'll remember lessons you've learned before and not repeat them. There is no right or wrong way to go. Every decision we make is the right one for us, in this lifetime. Each choice brings us down a different path, but what to remember is this: every path can bring us spiritual awareness, the destiny is always our enlightenment.

In our ignorance, we fail to see the one truth: all there really is, is love. Love and infinity. Plain, simple, beautiful. I know. It's all pretty amazing ... and it's tough to grasp until you see with your heart how very simple it really is.

We're all so used to our minds controlling us that we only give our hearts a secondary role. Even that, for some, is too close. They waste the entirety of a lifetime holding back, covering up, or even denying they have a heart full of feelings and emotions. Relationships suffer as a result, because by keeping the heart in check, it's never truly opened to the love and magic that flows from the universe, its ultimate gift to us.

Once our hearts are open, we will see we are not alone. Our hearts will recognize another gift -- the many soulmates we will meet along our journey. When a soul is born, it is born into a group of souls. Those souls are the closest to ours in form and spiritual makeup. That is why we have the feeling we've known someone all our lives, even when we've only just met. There are lessons to be learned (and taught) with each soulmate we meet. Only if our hearts are open and loving, can we truly know and share love; only then can we bring up the past to heal it and ultimately let it go.

We have to still our minds and open our hearts. We have to allow our hearts to be vulnerable. The energy from the universe will flow through our heart, allowing us to see and remember that we're all one with the universe -- infinity -- no beginning, no end. That is the universe in it's purest simplicity. We've all been here before and we will again.

Open your heart. Feel the love. Accept the gifts.