Trust the Breadcrumbs

Follow Life’s Breadcrumbs

Life is an adventure. The sooner you accept that, and climb aboard without reservation, the easier it becomes. Because it’s an adventure, the point so many of us miss is it’s to be enjoyed, not controlled. Yes, you have to follow the breadcrumbs, but try not to second guess the steps you’re taking as you follow them. When you simply allow, life unfolds like a gorgeous mosaic; beautiful in it’s imperfectness.

Those lessons you encounter along the way? They’re the result of you trying to control the journey and the outcome. You wander off course because you lose track of the breadcrumbs while trying to force your course. You stumble, fall, or get kicked in the head to help you learn to ease up on the throttle, and enjoy the journey.

You might think I’m saying you should sit back and do nothing, but how can you follow those afore-mentioned breadcrumbs if you don’t get up and get moving? You still have to put in the effort to follow wherever those breadcrumbs lead. They’re simply the road map which, should you choose to follow, will lead you to exactly where you’re supposed to be.

Learn and Grow

You still have to learn, grow, build, and even tear apart and start over at times. It’s the only way to acquire the tools you’ll need as the journey grows more challenging. You had to learn the alphabet before you could read. You had to challenge yourself with more difficult books to learn to read better. All the skills you’ve acquired meant going through the inevitable learning curve time and time again. But each of those learning curves was another step on your journey.

The trail of breadcrumbs might even have disappeared for a little while, giving you the chance to learn the lessons necessary to move forward again. You might have even found yourself going in reverse for a bit because you missed an important part of the lesson in your rush to finish. If you’re a non-linear thinker like me, there were probably a lot of fits and starts because doing things step by step simply isn’t in your skill set, yet I’ll bet you’ve learned to adapt so you catch all the key points.

Healing is Part of the Journey

There’s another little wrinkle to your journey which might make you feel like you’re wandering in circles at times. In order to progress, you have to keep healing; old wounds, new wounds, past traumas, and even familial wounds and traumas. None of the healing happens overnight, and like the journey you’re taking through life, you need to trust and respect the process. Most of the wounds you’re healing need several takes before you’re able to release them completely.

In order to manage those old wounds without completely losing your mind, you’ve unconsciously deconstructed them so they come to you in more manageable pieces. At first, you’re healing more surface-level issues; the ones which haven’t taken root in your psyche. Once you begin to master the basic process, you start pulling out the things which have settled in for an afternoon nap; taking them apart bit by bit until you can finally release the whole thing. Little by little, you dig deeper and deeper, peeling away the levels of pain like you would an onion…no less teary-eyed for the experience.

Without realizing it, like the life lessons you’ve been learning, you start growing stronger and smarter about the healing ones too. You begin to recognize patterns which have woven themselves throughout your lifetime, leading you into similar situations where you achieve similar results. Part of the healing process is to break those patterns, and it doesn’t come much easier than it does when you’ve crashed and burned, and need to rebuild your life.

Hard Lessons Make You Stronger

You might think this is a cruel way to lead you to where you belong, but if you think about it, you need to walk through a few fires to temper yourself, almost like steel, but without the rigidity. Only when you’ve had to face things; your fears, your pain, and your failures will you become who you need to be to step into that huge life that’s waiting for you. Like your lessons, you can’t jump from the beginning of your journey to the mountaintop without following the steps required to get there.

It doesn’t mean you’re going to be one who takes the paved road all the way, going the same way everyone before you traveled. Perhaps you’ll scale the side of that mountain part of the time, then follow a trail or two that’s less direct, but also less strenuous. In other words, there are times you’ll do it the hard way thinking it will get you there faster. When you run out of steam, you’ll simplify things despite believing the further you have to travel, the longer it will take.

You Deserve the Road Less Traveled

You might even discover the path which meanders around the mountain is longer in distance, but shorter in time because you’re able to travel more quickly by sticking to a path where the elevation increases gradually. But you’ve had to figure it out for yourself for each situation. In the end, you’ve still been following the bread crumbs, even if you’ve convinced yourself you’re forging your own, unique path. While it is unique, and it’s certainly yours, you’ve had hints to guide you whether you noticed them or not.

I’m challenging you now to become more aware of those hints; the guidance you’ve been receiving all along, and to allow it to smooth your way a little. Recognize that when, like your GPS, it tells you to take an alternate route, there’s a good reason for it, and it will ultimately save you a lot of time and energy. Trust the route changes, but trust the delays as well. You might never know what calamity you avoided by having to wait a bit longer to get where you were going.

Grateful for the Lessons, the Healing, and the Breadcrumbs

My gratitudes today are:

1. I’m grateful for learning to trust the hints, and stop trying to control every, single step of my journey.
2. I’m grateful for learning to trust the delays.
3. I’m grateful for all the hard lessons I’ve learned so I can travel more easily now.
4. I’m grateful for guidance which has shown me what to embrace, and what to release. There are so many people, places, and things which were only meant to travel with me for a brief moment in time.
5. I’m grateful for my loyal readers who inspire me to sit down at the computer of an evening even when I think I have nothing to say.

About the Author

Sheri Conaway is a Holistic Ghostwriter, and an advocate for cats and mental health. Sheri believes in the Laws of Attraction, but only if you are a participant rather than just an observer. Her mission is to Make Vulnerable Beautiful and help entrepreneurs touch the souls of their readers and clients so they can increase their impact and their income.

Following the Breadcrumbs

Recognizing Signs as Calls to Action

We all see signs along the road we call “Life”. Some of us take them seriously, while others don’t; it matters not which path you take, as long as it is your own. Nor does how you manifest your dreams, wishes and desires. I, for one, take the numerological ones seriously, even if I don’t, at the moment, know why they’re appearing. But seeing 1:11 and 11:11 frequently lets me know my intentions are, if not being answered immediately, they’re being processed.

Contrary to popular belief, the Universe doesn’t actually hand you what you’re asking for. Instead, it gives you breadcrumbs to follow; actions to take to get to the actual manifestation part. Take for example my recent car purchase. I’d allowed myself to wait until October or November when dealers are more likely to want to reduce pricing to move more cars. Still, I continued to check inventory at several local dealers, sending inquiries when I saw they had what I wanted on their lot.

This weekend, I followed those breadcrumbs right to a dream deal, and the car is now cozily ensconced in my garage where my little sports car resided for nearly 14 years. Had I not followed those 11:11 and 1:11 breadcrumbs and taken action, there’s no telling when the Universe would have seen fit to bring the perfect deal back around. It isn’t about expecting all your dreams to manifest miraculously, but to take action when right timing comes around, even if you don’t, at the time, realize pieces of your personal puzzle are in the process of lining up perfectly.

Getting Out of Your Own Way

Some of the biggest naysayers of Laws of Attraction are still waiting around for things to turn in their favor. Why? Because they missed the part about having to take action when prompted! It makes about as much sense as sitting in a burning building waiting for the fire to go out, or someone to save you when you’re fully capable of getting up and walking out of the building!

I’m not saying you have to work your butt off for every, single thing you want in your life. You do have to put in some effort though, and pay attention to messages from the Universe (or whatever you call the source of your messages) which guide you to take some kind of action in support of your own intentions.

I thank the Universe, my guides, and my Higher Self every day for the place I’m in, the things I’ve been able to accomplish, and above all, for teaching me it’s OK to spend large chunks of money on myself. For years, I’ve watched my assets grow, and thought to myself “now, I can feel comfortable because I have x dollars in the bank…but wait, things are getting more expensive. Maybe I need a bigger nest egg.”

Once I realized I have everything I need to pay off all my debt, (what little still remains), and live comfortably for many years on both what I’ve saved, and what I have coming in every month, I gave myself permission to spend a little more than I previously felt comfortable spending on things which make me happy. Some is improving my personal space and some is simply self-care, and leisure. The funny thing is, in doing so, I’ve been clearing space in my house too! Boxes which have sat in closets untouched for decades are being pulled out, and emptied or reorganized.

Embracing the Chaos

Each time I make a little space, I seem to manifest the next intention more quickly, even if the space I cleared was a single bankers box! Clearly, it’s one of the many breadcrumbs I’m given to lead me to everything I want and need, and a few things I haven’t even thought about until I’m living better than my dreams.

Interestingly, I had a dream of chaos this week. I woke to a horde of people invading my house; unlikely as that might be. In the process, my coffee maker was taken apart, and pieces of it hidden all over the house, the sofa was attached to the ceiling, and my computer had disappeared. To be honest, I was more frantic about the coffee maker which seemed to have a lot of odd components like a set of springs which we found buried under some sand on a cookie sheet.

I’ve learned from experience, sometimes my life needs a little chaos to shake me out of the status quo before I can begin manifesting again. Here’s hoping I won’t need storms or earthquakes to shake me up any further, but have taken the hint to change things up of my own volition. Most of all, I know any changes I make right now aren’t set in stone. The key is to take action; any action even when you don’t know where you’re supposed to be going. It’s a lot easier to steer a moving vehicle in a different direction than getting it moving in the first place!

So keep setting intentions, but pay attention to the signs, and follow those dang breadcrumbs!

My Gratitudes today are:

1. I’m grateful for learning to recognize the signs, and follow the breadcrumbs.
2. I’m grateful for learning the Universe has my back, but I need to wait for right timing
3. I’m grateful for friends who check in when I’ve changed up my usual pattern.
4. I’m grateful for the things which teach me patience, and those which teach me to leap first, and ask directions later.
5. I’m grateful for days to do with as I choose; whether it’s working, playing, reading, writing, or loafing with my kitties.

About the Author

Sheri Conaway is a Holistic Ghostwriter, and an advocate for cats and mental health. Sheri believes in the Laws of Attraction, but only if you are a participant rather than just an observer. Her mission is to Make Vulnerable Beautiful and help entrepreneurs touch the souls of their readers and clients so they can increase their impact and their income.