As I juggle my beautiful growing family, I aspire to become a shamanic practitioner. You know, with a massage table, healing room, paid with money, the works. I see myself also sharing my various creations for the financial benefit of my family. As I hold these goals in my heart and move in small steps toward their actualization, I take comfort in knowing I'm following in the footsteps of other determined humans. We are never alone on our adventures.
Today, looking through my children's three foot tall pile of educational magazines from a kind neighbor, I opened a Smithsonian magazine (February 2013) right up to an article on "Origins" This article details the journey of writer Seth Fiegerman, who edits the blog Opening Lines.org. He has "a collection of case studies on the origins of famous careers." He details how in his own career struggles it was nice to find in various interviews and biographies that successful people all struggled in getting where they wanted to be. What these successful people had in common were setbacks and failures. They were determined in their aspirations to continue moving forward. We have the ability to learn infinite amounts from our failures.
As I spend these long days and short years with my beautiful children, I take comfort in knowing I will reach my goals. My goals may change shape and color. I look back to see I've risen to meet my previous goals. Each journey has been far more rewarding than I'd imagined possible. The lessons along the way simply blow my mind, expanding my heart to love this life even more. Yes, I am doing just dandy in my role as my children's mother. I use many abilities to keep up with them in their ever-changing ways. I will soon see the ways I am using my many others skills in my life. Perhaps as I aspire to reach these professional goals, I will find I've already arrived at where I'd aimed. I look forward to watching this story unfold.
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