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Melyssa's avatar

My experience is that sometimes the choice is just a decision to grow, not to select one defined path or another. My story is that I was called...like vocationally....to be a teacher when I was four years old. It would be another 19 years before I'd land my first paying job as a professional certified teacher....but I knew the act of teaching others was my path. That said, after over a decade of that work, I had another call from the Universe that I had to take the path of healing....for myself, but also to heal others. That path came in the form of Reiki. For awhile, I felt like I was at a crossroads...am I meant to leave teaching to become a Reiki practitioner? It felt like a crisis of choice....and I sat with it a long time. In the meantime, I became part of some very important work with social emotional learning and working with students who'd been through trauma and I realized..... there are those two paths....but there's a third...and it's essentially the center lane on my own three lane highway. It turns out that empowering people with tools to heal and maintain their own wellness is the halfway point for a teacher/healer. So now I move seamlessly between all of my lanes. I teach English, I teach social emotional wellness, I teach Reiki, and a practice Reiki whenever and wherever the occasion and need arise. In my case, the choice I needed to make was to take a broader view of what lay before me and see what was possible.

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natalie's avatar

A few weeks ago I came to the realization that the life I so often visualize myself into in my head is possible, because I can picture myself being there. I also realized if I keep following the same patterns I will stay in the life I have now, which isn't terrible, but isn't where I would want my evolution to stop.

I've realized this life I want for myself full of freedom, confidence, love, growth, and expansion will all be built on a foundation of energy. So, I've started cutting myself off from energy that doesn't feel free, genuine, loving, nurturing, and expansive.

I believe every step we choose to take now has the potential to start leading us towards the future we want, or keep us in the present life we have now.

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