Create your own road map

Whether or not we realize it, many people may influence our understanding of "success."  Consider how you view different areas of your life; personal, professional, spiritual, leisure, health and well-being, and others.  Each pursuit or project you undertake comes with conscious and unconscious hopes and dreams.  These goals and your view of a timeline, will assist you to create a sense of accomplishment.  People you meet and read about tend to shape your life. 

Whether or not you feel "successful" begins inside yourself, based on your own self-evaluation, judgement and level of self-acceptance.  To whom do you compare yourself to and why? People around you may ask you questions about what you do, how you live, why you feel as you do, and assess your success based on their knowledge and life experience.  Only you can determine what works for you.  Your view of success right now will differ from what it was and from what it will be.

Recognize somebody else's view of success will necessarily differ from your own because how you live your life is unique.  You may adopt similar end-goals to people you admire.  Yet, your milestones, your thought-process, your perception and attitude will always be your own.  Your choices will also be your own.  You create your own road map to success.  This will involve your desired 'pitstops' and learning curves.  All experience is worthwhile.  Many such memories are worth sharing.

Awaken your soul

Why is it that you may face a room full of boxes to sort though and find precisely what you're looking for inside the first or second box? Would you assume this was intuition, luck or, would you decide that you might have had some invisible help? Could this be the working of your guardian angel?  To dream of this kind of assistance coming to your aid at exactly the right time doesn't have to be 'out of this world.'  What would it take for you to believe everything happens for good reason?

To awaken your spirit  is to recognize that spirituality can take many forms and fulfill many different needs.  You can choose to explore your own spiritual life through meditation and solitude or by interacting with people  When was the last time you contemplated your values, reflected on why particular events unfold, or rekindled your own spirit? Its never too late to begin or to start anew.

Consider these questions to awaken your soul and conect with your guardian angel:

1) Identify your core values and when action proves you adhere or diverge.

2) Isolate experiences that make you feel more connected with things beyond you. 

3) Share your spiritual stories. 

White feathers

How often have you stumbled on a white feather in your path? What are your assumptions about its origins? Such feathers may represent many things including, the presence of angels, a heavenly dove, or even a process of your own return to consciousness. Consider how often you seem to stumble upon white feathers and the significance you create inside your own mind.  Where do you find them?

Shamanism is the most ancient approach to healing.  It draws from feathers and spirituality.  They empower us to get rid of problems and to reframe health, wealth and happiness. Feathers are one tool that influences our connection to inner energy. White feathers in particular enable ideas to appear in our minds as revelations.  What might a beings of light be drawing your attention to now?

Change of perspective

Some people discover that a change of scenery is exactly what they need to renew and refresh their perspective.  Travel can enable us to perceive the world around us differently.  You can choose planes, helicopters, trains, automobiles, bicycles, buses, mopeds, motorcycles, horses, yaks, donkeys, camels, buggies, rollerskates, sleighs, snowshoes or even your feet to get around. 

No matter what your transport choices, how often do you really notice things you had missed before? How often do you retrace a familiar path? As you take the opportunity to expand on what you think that you know, on places you believe you have seen, you may be pleasantly surprised.

My most memorable choice of travel today was sea kyak.  I awoke soon after the break of dawn with thoughts of this excursion.  The sun was shining and the glassy water off the south shore of Nova Scotia was most inviting.  I packed my towel and bailer and other necessities, and headed off in the company of my dad.  My philosophy is never to go boating alone.  This is a safety measure as much as a reason for building companionship and sharing memorable experiences.

We certainly didn't begin to explore the over 350 islands in our area, yet marveled at the seagulls and wildlife that were visible along the coast and atop the masts of moored boats.  At times, we chose to just float along, or stop to observe renovations underways on seaside cottages.  To inhale deeply all that fresh, salty sea air was the most natural thing to do.  I relished the silence and the "newness".

How often do you simply stop, watch and listen to the world around you? How often do you honestly do very little or maybe nothing in your current environment?  Remind yourself that a change of scenery could be a very good experience.  To leave what you know and then return can permit you to appreciate your life differently.  You needen't go far.  Life will always be exactly what you choose to make of it.

Mediumship

Television characters like Alison Dubois on the program "Medium" have caused more people to ask themselves how a person gets involved in mediumship.   Depending on your mindset, and your level of open-mindedness, you may wonder if you should look through your stack of mail for an invitation from Hogwort's School of Magic.  Of course, your life path may not be as straight forward as that of Harry Potter.  Yet, even he didn't initially know why he was being summoned or where.

When it comes to unique pths available, we all have gifts inside ourselves and we all make choices about which skills we desire to uncover, strengthen and apply.  Whenever you make one choice, you necessarily exclude other choices.  You believe in particular things and doubt others.  You identify your priorities, and those skills your will perceive as legitimate and worthy of your attention.  It tends to be rather difficult to undertake everything you aim to do at the same time, but you make time for what matters.  Do you assume "step-by-step" is the best way to go?

Individuals who detect psychic intuition, divination, telepathy and/or interpretive abilities have their attention drawn to these capabilities for a reason.  If you discover you encounter certain types of people and you feel compatible, reasons exist for these feelings as well as well as for why you stumble upon seminars and workshops offered by potential mentors. Everything happens for a reason.  You find significance where you choose to find significance. 

No matter what profession feels right fo you, it will not feel suitable or credible to everybody.  Some people believe future predictions are hoaxes, that anyone who communicates with "the Other Side" is a fraud, and that emotional readings must be less than accurate.  Yet, if you feel drawn to tarot cards and palm readers, or take an interest in developing such skills, why not? Reasons exist for every urge and inclination.  Learn at your pace and to serve others your own particular way.

As you determine how you perceive accept yourself, then you'll evolve into what you're meant to do.  We all choose our influences.  Each of us will evolve away from settings and people as another means to better understand ourselves.  We learn who we are by doing what we're not.  A process of elimination helps uncover your hidden truth.  Talking to people helps.  Listening to yourself can be the best teacher.