Do we choose our lives? I just had a great call with my brother, and it had me reflecting on how our lives are unfolding, along paths that seem obvious in hindsight, but would have been impossible to predict before.
My life isn’t at all like I initially planned, but I also never had a clear plan to begin with. Did I choose the life I’m living now?
It’s a very interesting question, which I feel doesn’t need an answer. Just asking the question is enough. When I write books and written content for my SubStack, words come through with clear ideas, answers, and conclusions.
I love to write in the way I described above, but I also believe it’s important to leave many things open-ended and unsolved; this is the point of journaling, in my opinion.
I journal to transfer the questions on my mind onto the page, so that they have room to breathe and I avoid overthinking them. I’m on a path in my life that I’m certain about, but I have no idea where it’s taking me.
I remember hearing a quote that said something like, “How do you know you’re on the right path? Because it disappears. If you know where your path is leading you, you’re on somebody else’s path.”
I don’t believe this quote applies to everyone, but it definitely brings me comfort. I’m not on a traditional path now, or if I am, it’s not traditional in how I think of that word.
But there is a feeling in my heart that how my path appears isn’t as important as my ego believes. We’re all on a path, whether we see it or not. The only thing that matters most to me is, “Am I living the life my Soul came here to live, and not somebody else’s life?”
Fortunately, the immediate answer that arises in my heart is, yes, I am. That is my Northstar: being able to answer yes truthfully to that question.
Love,
Eric John Campbell