I was seven years old, it was a lazy afternoon in June and I was walking around the mall with my grandfather and grandmother. I was visiting them in Hollywood, California from my home with my mother and step-father in Dallas, Pennsylvania. I was away from home and yet felt at home.

I felt more at home at my grandparent's 16th floor Hollywood condo than I did at the home where I lived in Pennsylvania. I was in second grade and yet felt like such an important person to my grandma and grandpa. They arranged and scheduled my visits.The visit would be too short for the three of us, and not long enough for my mother and step-father who were relieved to have me out of their home. When I arrived at the Miami Airport and saw them waiting for me I knew they had been truly waiting for me to appear since my last departure the year before. Time with me mattered to them and time with them was precious to me.

The qualities of feeling I mattered and feeling at home made it a safe place for...

It is a great burden to try to meet the world's
expectations of who one is supposed to be.
Instead, be true to yourself.
Let the Divine spark within you
define who you are.

You have said a resounding "NO!" to living life on autopilot!

Journey journaling is soul journaling. It asks us to take the long view of your life, both forward and back to meet at the present day. It asks us not just to see with memory but also with vivid imagination.

My Long Road to Today

How far have I come in my life?

Choose a segment of your journey or begin at your beginning. See the line of your life across the map of your existence. Be observant and honest,  honest with yourself. You won't lose ground by looking back and really seeing just how far you have come.
Do you discount your achievements?

Do you give the credit to others?

How far have you come because of YOU?

Remember who you are and what you are already capable of!

Take time to define success on your terms. This is your soul journey and success...