The Journey by Mary Oliver

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice -
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
Mend my life!
each voice cried.

But you didn’t stop.

You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
through their melancholy
was terrible.

It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.

But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do -
determined to save
the only life you could save.

There is a shift occurring in the world today. Can you feel it? We’ve been handed some big challenges, causing everything we thought we knew to be questioned and reconsidered. Some people are scared. They’re certain that we’re on the brink of disaster.

I believe the human race requires change in order to evolve. As our circumstances change, our spirit is invited to rise up to meet the new challenges we’re presented with. We were created with the talent and tools to navigate this life, and at our soul level we invite this change.

Every bump in the road, every twist and turn on our path reminds us that we’re meant to grow and expand beyond the comfort place in which we’ve grown so accustomed. It’s our journey. Embrace it.

Coach Charrise