Listen to your spiritual leads
All my life I have enjoyed being creative and working with my hands. Somehow without thinking about it I ended up gravitating toward the craft of latch hooking. I suppose some would say that the joy of crafting is apart of me, something GOD created me to enjoy.
But I have to express that finding this place of contentment did not come easy. Sure I’m happy now, and I enjoy what I do and how I make my living, but I often remember the path that I unconsciously chose to get here.
I remember graduating from high school and being expected to go to college. I remember going because I was expected to do so. I also recall taking art class and enjoying it. Arts, and crafts and creativity gave me a sense of normalcy. It was something that just fit into my lifestyle as if it was created just for me.
As time passed and it was time to make life decisions, I did what most of us do. I decided to stop allowing myself to gravitate toward things that I liked and pushed myself into doing things that made good “common sense”. Things that most of us call “grown up” decisions.
I chose jobs that paid good, or opportunities that others were doing well at… or opportunities that seemed like a good grown up idea at the time. I actually put quite a bit of thought into the decisions I made for my life.
I remember my best friends was making tons and tons of money in real estate. So I thought about the fact that many years ago, I watched one of those “no money down” real estate shows, and recalled how impressed I was with the concept. I knew for sure that this must be what I was suppose to do. So, I put on my real estate hat and sat out to become a real estate guru. It was a process indeed, and I recall the best moments of my real estate career was the time I spent creating my flyers.
Well, I never became a real estate guru, or any of the other one million things I thought that I would try while making my grown up decisions. I decided to listen to my heart. Listen to what GOD placed inside of me, by following leads that take me to my place of joy. Leads that allow me to find passion in what I do. Leads that make me understand why I can be watching t.v with my eyes, but creating in my mind. Leads that help me to understand why I can’t pass a craft store, without at least wondering what new things they have. Leads that make me silently see the possibilities of beauty in a displeasing or unattractive design.
I’ve finally made a grown up decision to pay very close attention to my spiritual leads.