Taking Chances

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The day is nearing in which my life will change once again, but this time by my own deliberate choosing. August 6th will mark my last day as a banker as well as my first day experimenting with my destiny! What that destiny is, I am yet to figure out… but I am having faith and confidence that I will find my way through love, support, and hard learned lessons. Story time, from me to you, as to what led me to make such a drastic change with no real guidance as to where it will all end up!

My entire life has been spent wondering what I am living for. I remember sitting in classrooms in middle and high school wondering where I would really be 10 years from then. The only real solid “goals” I had at the time were to never become a wife and to never become a mother. I didn’t consider these negative goals at that time in my life, and even at this point in my life (a mother and soon-to-be wife) I still do not consider them to be negative. From issues I was faced with on a daily basis at home, I had good reason to have such goals. My only thought “back then” was that I would escape this place that would be known as my “home town” and flee off or Oregon to live in a downtown high-rise apartment while I submersed myself in my career and lived the life of a city girl. Once I got knocked-up (I don’t take getting pregnant lightly, but frankly, getting “knocked-up” is exactly what happened) with the little girl who has now become the reasoning for my very existence, I knew that my goals would have to change. I altered my plans to give her a chance at having a “normal” home life with both of her biological parents – something I knew in my heart would never actually work, and I was correct. From then up until just a couple months ago, I just lived life cautiously, but while trying to squeeze in so many things to try to find exactly what I was meant for. I had been struggling to find me (as I shared with you in a previous article) for quite sometime, until I took the first steps in doing just that a couple years ago. This leap in faith that is driving me to explore my destiny to a whole other extent is truly a continuation of that exploration of myself! I’m taking the chance to uncover my purpose and my destiny while forcing myself to rely on complete faith and belief that life’s path will lay itself before me.

My secret for you today: TAKE CHANCES and TAKE RISKS! Do the things that scare you in the right kind of way. Don’t always NEED to have to know how things are going to turn out before you explore them. Sometimes, you just need to jump in and breath! Life is full of unexpected events and it changes in the blink of an eye – sometimes even quicker than that. With everything always being so uncertain, why not take more leaps of faith and explore more of yourself and your destiny! Perhaps you’re not ready (or willing) for whatever reason, to complete give up a way of life as I did with my simple release of my career; however, there are plenty of other areas for you to take chances in. Now, on that note, I do not suggest you change something that is making you happy or fulfilling your needs. That would be completely silly unless you feel you NEED a change from those things – then, that becomes a question to ask yourself. Taking chances and having faith in the big leaps that you don’t have any answers for are meant to fulfill you and to rely on yourself as you find your place in life! Everyone has a place… a place just for them to be happy, satisfied, and fulfilled! YOU deserve to find your place. You deserve to close your eyes at the top of a mountain, open your arms wide, lay your head back and feel the breeze flow through you as you breath and find your destiny!

Regardless of how my journey turns out after August 6th, I have to believe it is the right thing for me to do. I have to have faith that better things await me and mysteries will unfold that had no room in my existence before! I can’t wait for all of the possibilities, the mistakes and the lessons! YAY for taking chances and being more of who I was destined to be!

Now, it’s your turn… what chance will you take to unravel the glorious mysteries that belong to you and you alone?

Until next time…

*Ryan’s Butterfly*

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