224. Lost

A man was lost in the woods.  He soon came upon a guide who unbeknownst to him, was lost himself.  

The man goes to the guide and asks, “can you show me the way out of the woods?”  

The guide looking at the man says, “no, I cannot, for you see I am lost as well.”  

The man stares blankly at the guide seemingly waiting for more and responds saying, “then what do we do?”  

The guide tells him, “I do not know…but I do know that I can show you deeper into the woods…show you the riverbeds and deep trees…the way the sun rises in the morning dew and how the moon kisses the night sky and if we’re lucky, maybe we can find a way out…together.”

...I believe we all crave the "answer".  I believe we look at fortune cookies and hold a small grain of hope that it will tell us about life...tell us something that we can hold on to.  Something to give us direction.  We go to fortune tellers, psychics, therapists and mentors wanting to know...needing to know.  It helps us feel less small...less lost.  I also believe that people are not looking for the meaning of life as they are looking for ways to experience being more alive.  But that's the beauty of it all...instead of feeling lost...without direction...know that having no or little direction is being alive.  It's the risk and openness that can bring you the feeling of being alive...

I believe that people get so caught up in the struggle to build outer value and social placement that they lose touch with the inner rapture necessary for growth and self worth.  They are afraid of being without (fill in the blank).  

Be lost! Be without direction.  Just be.  Someone who is without direction, without a fortune cookie to direct them isn't lost...they are someone on a journey.  A wandering soul.  

You are not lost.  You are exploring. You are learning. You are breathing and don't need a crystal ball to tell you which path to take out of the woods.