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Willingness

Willingness is that stretch of the road that leads you from where you are to where you wish to be. The inner journey of self- love that gently and softly guides you home towards the person you truly are.

I always thought that to be willing to do something meant that in someway, shape or form…I would want to do whatever it was I needed to do.

For the most part that……. has not been my story.

Some of the most profound and drastic experiences I have walked upon on the path of changes in the course of my life have been at most….

Uncomfortable.
Painful.
Uncertain.
Frightening.
Weird.

Whether it be a situation, circumstance or an emotional, spiritual or physically state I wanted to change. In someway and in some fashion I knew that there was always to be a distance between the two states of being that I felt the contrasts of. I knew I would have to travel the distance from where I was to where I wanted to go.

Most of the times…I didn’t want to….but I was willing to.

I have discovered that willingness is simply the footsteps I take in the daily experience of life on my inner quest for well being, peace of mind, love, abundance, purpose and meaning.

It’s the action in my life….it is my life.

For a long time I thought that I could discover a multitude of shortcuts through the actual living part of my life in order to just reap the benefits and rewards of getting to where I thought I should be.

I thought I could skip all the work, take a shortcut and sneak through the loopholes of life.

But that wasn’t the journey that would lead me to where I truly wished to be. The directions I followed based on the idea of instant gratification led me further and further away from the places of happiness within and lured me into the darkened depths of self-inflicted misery.

That is until I learned about willingness…doing whatever had to be done, to get me to where I wanted to be….

Because dammit I deserved more then I gave myself.

At times the road is rough, the path is new, the journey simply a trip into a uncharted territory within.

Like most travel it at times can be uncomfortable, painful, uncertain, frightening and weird. But like most journeys of the heart and spirit it become the very essence of the beauty that is etched perfectly into each moment of time…

In each fiery sunrise on the horizon.
In each twinkle of the dancing stars.
In every ray of sunlight that streams down from above.

In each whisper of the wind that carries upon it the scent of a thousand dreams and hopes of all who feel it’s caress upon backs gentle and softly guiding them along on their journey back home.

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7 Comments so far (Add 1 more)

  1. I applaud you, as always, for sharing your experiences honestly and openly. :) I am excited for all the change in your life! :)

    jon

    2. jon on November 18th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
  2. You’ve been tagged with the handwriting meme!

    You can find the meme here.

    3. Susie on November 16th, 2007 at 6:47 am
  3. Hi Morgan,
    Great post. Having the will to commit to the actions you need to for your own life takes a tremendous amount of personal courage. For that I applaud you.

    Thanks Marvin….
    It would be interesting to see the life lessons of willingness you might extract from your take on Life lessons learned from Movies, Books and T.V maybe you can pull together a list for your site…..you have a nice unique perspective…maybe it’s worth a shot?????

    4. Marvin on November 16th, 2007 at 4:31 am
  4. You sure bring a whole new meaning to the word, ‘Willingness’. I’m glad you fought the fight to be here. I’m sure you had to listen to a lot of people. But in the end you only needed to listen to yourself and your willingness to get you where you wanted to be.

    Hey Rolando,

    I try…I try. I have to in order to make sense of all that has occurred as well as to keep moving forward!

    5. Rolando on November 15th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
  5. It is quite wonderful how life sometimes give us what we need when we are willing to get out of our comfort zone. I used to have a job that really stressed me out. The job wasn’t well paid, I could barely manage on my pay even though I had to work nights too. I stepped out of my comfort zone and quit my job without having another job. It was the first time in my adult life I didn’t have a job and I felt really uncomfortable. I took a course for unemployed people and before the course ended I was offered the job as a teacher. This was a job I would never have applied for, since I’m not qualified, but someone who knew my skills recommended me and I’m going to be thankful for that for the rest of my life.

    I fully believe that we have to be willing to step out of our ordinary lives to achieve change. This is a wonderful post!

    6. Susie on November 15th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
  6. Hi Morgan,

    Another wonderful post :)

    Willingness to do something can take us away from our ‘comfort zone’ but it is also a necessity to make subtle changes and achieve more within ourselves. Life is a rocky road, someseem to have it easy and avoid the bumpy stretches, yet for many we trudge along wondering what is going to knock us down next, but whatever it is we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and carry on. That doesn’t mean that it is easy, far from it, it can be bloody hard ata times.
    Life is a journey, enjoy :)
    *Hugs* to you my friend
    Colin

    Hey Colin,
    Yes that comfort zone…or uncomfortable zone as I call it in retrospect. I think as time goes on the wisdom one gins allows us to travel upon a much smoother road…..with the ability to avoid some of the larger “bumps” that come along!

    8. Colin on November 14th, 2007 at 11:09 am
  7. See? I whaditellya…little circles of light..
    …you go mama.

    Hope…

    Lol…I know how funny is that….guess we are on like the same wave length tonight! lol
    Still thanks for the quotes and the visual!
    ***Hugs****
    morgan

    9. Hope on November 13th, 2007 at 11:30 pm

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