At 16 years old, I began to dream of travel. I imagined backpacking around Europe when I graduated college. However, when the time came, I couldn’t find anyone to join me, and I was too timid and shy to consider going alone. So, I began to imagine marrying someone who loved to travel: we’d have lovely adventures traipsing around medieval villages and cobblestone streets. As it turned out, my dreams didn’t match Mr. Right’s.
Europe waited. And waited. And waited.
At the age of 50, when my marriage ended, the first thing I did was book a five-week trip to Italy; two weeks with a friend, two weeks on a pottery course, and one week on my own.
It was both exciting and scary.
Exciting to explore places I’d always imagined being. Scary because I was way out of my comfort zone. I was navigating a world I didn’t know as a person I no longer knew.
Now single and my children grown, I was free to write my next chapter. The pages ahead were blank, but I didn’t know what I wanted. It had been so long since I got to choose for myself.
One thing I did know was travel was going to feature large. My heart had longed for it for far too long, and now that I had a taste, I wanted more.
Today, that dream of travel is my daily reality. And it’s better than I ever imagined. But not because travel is my way of life.
Because I learned to live in alignment with my heart.
When you say even a small Yes to your heart, you honour who you are.
When you deny who you are, to any degree, you can’t be fully happy.
When your heart is happy, so are you.
This week, I invite you to be mindful of how you’re allowing or denying who you are by paying attention to how your heart feels.
What’s one thing you want to be, do or have that you’re saying No to?
What’s one way you can begin saying Yes?
It’s time to be heartfully happy and heartfully YOU.
It’s your time. And it’s your turn.
Becoming Heartfully You is the focus of my upcoming mastermind program. (It includes a 7-night European retreat!)
We begin January 7, 2025.
Deadline for registration is December 15, 2024
