I’ve never written a blog post. Having lived a rather social media averse life since the advent of social media, I haven’t really read many either but in the spirit of “walking on the way and the way will appear”, I’m diving into the social media waters. I bet Rumi would have been all over this…

So what’s the deal with the deer pic you ask? I subscribed to Canva (also a Canva rookie), searched the term “Blog Rookie” to see what photos might come up. Naturally, there were a bunch of laptop images, the word BLOG spelled out with scrabble squares and the like – pretty vanilla stuff and then there was this deer. He (or she) spoke to me.

So what’s my deal?

A few years ago, I found myself suffering from angst and a nagging inner voice. I’ve always told my inner voice to quit whining while lecturing it on gratitude and practicality. My inner voice would dutifully retreat into a corner of my soul darker than the one that urged it to speak up.

I’d been looking at it all wrong. The world needs all of us to be the best versions of ourselves. Imagine that world – it wouldn’t be the hot mess that it is. It just wouldn’t. Fueled by a new sense of responsibility to the greater good, I listened to my inner voice, took a few intuitive leaps of faith, uprooted my life, and found myself coming to life in the process. The more I come to life, the more I realize I hadn’t been living; not really. My inner voice told me to write a book, so I did. I planned for it to be a quirky reference guide for wellness. The words that flowed out of me were more of a soul-baring thing.

If you suffer from angst or a chronic case of the blahs, Finding Mo, A Handbook for Coming to Life might just be your cup of tea. It won’t take long to read, an hour or two at the most. My book inspired one person to come to life (that would be me). I truly hope it can light a few more sparks.

So now what?

I am not entirely sure. I’m making this up as I go along, going with the flow as they say. Going with the flow by the way is so, so much better than going against the flow. Join me as I ride the currents, get hung up on a few rocks, get stuck in a few eddies. I was stuck in an eddy for a few decades. I had no idea until I really looked inward.

My purpose

I want to inspire others get out of their eddies. That eddy left me so drained. Every time I tried to swim out of it, I would think of all of the suffering in the world, chastise myself for the ingratitude and settle back into it. In early 2021, I had a light bulb moment inspired by a Howard Thurman quote in my Franklin Planner: “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

I foolishly thought it was selfish of me to want out of the eddy. It took a lot of courage, strength and conviction but I made it out. My heart is light, and I feel a spark of life within me once again. I’m ready to care more, do more and be the best version of myself while helping others get to the same place. I’m not sure how it will all unfold but as Lao Tzu said, “The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step”.

Join me in coming to life. One step at a time, let’s work toward becoming the best version of ourselves and see what happens.