As I begin my El Camino de Santiago adventure, this will be my mantra:May I have the courage today to live the life I would love. To postpone my dreams no longer. To do at last what I came here for and waste my heart on fear no more.A Morning Offering by John O'Donohue from his BOOK OF BLESSINGSREFLECTION:What Is calling for you to be courageous today?What is a dream you have been postponing?What have you come here to do?
"People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall."Quote by Thomas MertonThomas Merton OCSO (1915 – 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood and given the name "Father Louis". He was a member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death.(Source Wikiedia)REFLECTION:What ladder are you climbing?What do you hope to see when you reach to top of the ladder?Are you living a life with your ladder leaning against the wrong wall?What changes do you need to make to correct the climb of your life?
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence."Quote by Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglas was a famed orator and writer who was a key architect of the movement to end slavery, the very institution to which he was born. Even after his goal to abolish slavery was achieved, he persisted in his struggle for equality, women's rights and civil rights setting the stage for landmark change in the United States.REFLECTION:Do you remain true to what you believe - even risking the ridicule of others?Are there any areas of your life that you are not being true to what you believe and who you want to be?Explore this.What will it take to be in alignment with yourself?