Follow Your Bliss

I think it was a couple years ago that I first discovered Joseph Campbell.  I had heard the phrase "follow your bliss" but hadn't given it much thought til that moment.  It just sounded like a holiday card that seemed too impractical.  But, upon digging into it and applying it to my life, it became one log in the fire upon which my self esteem and direction was formed.

"Follow your bliss. If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be. If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else"

So many people walk around saying to others and themselves that they don't know what they should do, what path they should follow.  But, honestly... if they are honest.. it's often right in front of their face.  They KNOW what they like, what they like to do, where they like to be.  Then, they will walk around feigning ignorance, when they do know.  They just often aren't sure they want to act on it.  But, if they don't act on what they want, they cannot pretend it is from ignorance.  It is a choice.

It is true that there's often obstacles or challenges, and many don't want to face them.  But... again.. when they don't have what they want, it's because they know what they want and fail to make the steps to get there.  Everything good in my life .. even those outside of my control.. began with dissatisfaction, followed some steps of effort to make myself able to receive it, and a commitment to maintain it.  It doesn't always work out, but it never works out without at least some effort.  And, you can't put forth effort without first identifying what you want... your bliss.  

So, my point is simply this.  Take time to look at your life.  Take time to consider what makes you happy.  Then, make the necessary changes to either bring those changes into your life to go out to make them happen.