Radically Trusting In The Process Of Your Life

You can drop me in the center of a city anywhere in the world and the first thing I will do is walk my way through the city. No directions, no end destination in mind. I will simply walk until I feel inspired to go left or right, and continue on exploring that way until I feel ready to return to wherever I started. This is my favorite way to spend my first day in a new place.

I was on a date the last time I explained this to someone and they looked at me, and said, “Wow you really are an adventurous type, huh?” The remark was not made in a tone of appreciation, but instead a tone that implied reckless abandon or endangerment. Which said so much more about his way of being in the world than mine.

Disclaimer: I’m a very well seasoned solo traveler, you have no need to fear for my safety and neither do I.

There were years of my life where I deeply struggled to trust the days, weeks, and years to unfold in front of me. Years worth of making it through by tapping my way out of anxiety. Years worth of aching to find enough courage to live my life the way I wanted to. For as bold and confident people might perceive me or how I have lived my life so far, that hasn’t necessarily always been my nature. The trust I have in myself, the way I move through my life, and the way Life meets me is earned.