The Internal Compass

Always there's a point in our lives where we feel lost. Our faith gets shaken, we experience a loss that leaves us stranded and unsure of which way to step to move forward with our lives, sometimes we wake up one morning and realize we've become complacent and we just aren't happy floating with the tide anymore. Whatever the case is, a point will come when feel ourselves dragging our feet mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally.

We forget what once made us smile, what made our hearts beat to the sound of our own drum. We forget the way it felt to soar above the forest canopy with our faith or confidence, to be running uphill towards something or anything. We lose track of the things we aspire for, and our inspiration dwindles down to a faint glow of a dying ember. 

So what do we do when we find ourselves treading water, being pulled against the tide of our souls? How do we overcome the sense of listlessness that gives us cabin fever in regards to our own lives and skins?  When we get to that point, it's usually too late, our discontent has grown to thick that it feels as if every part of our daily lives is like nails on a chalkboard. 

The important thing is to try and remember not to lash out. Don't take it out on your family or your loved ones.  You'll find that not lashing out is easier said than done. But it's important to practice is. Communicate with them. Often times we have no idea what is causing this sense of displacement, or discontent.  Sometimes it can take months or even years to figure out why you feel so lost. 

You would think, being an adult for as long as we have been it would be easy to figure out what is upsetting you. But the sense of feeling lost I'm referring to is like falling off of your path, tumbling down a cliff into a dark and muddy ravine. Sometimes we have no clue what caused us to lose our footing, or how we ended up where we ended, and worst of all we have no clue how to get back to the path we originally set ourselves on. 

Most of the time the problem lays within our heart, but as humans we try to think about our emotions logically with our minds. We ignore what our feelings are saying and we try to rationalize. A lot of times we make excuses as to why we must continue doing whatever it is that we're doing. We tell ourselves to just keep getting through it one day at a time, it'll get better. 

But it won't. Until we have figured out what is making us feel so lose, complacent and discontent with our lives it will not. Our hearts are our internal compass. Listen to your emotions, try to locate what is upsetting you. The sooner you get to the root of the problem, the sooner it is you will find your way back to being happy, and feeling as if we have found our way.

Again it could take months or even longer to find ourselves again. Figuring out the root of all the problems is the hardest part, but the longest part if solving the issue. Unfortunately what makes us feel displaced as people are often things that take a lot of time to solve, or things that feel impossible to reverse or rectify. Time, money, patience and determination, physical state of being, our own homeostasis. All of those are very difficult subjects, and not everyone has equal amounts of any of those things.

But follow your heart, don't ever tune out it's desires. It's our internal compass, and if you throw it away, you may not like where you end up.