Finding Your Way

First, sorry for now ‘musing’ on Monday but I was busy accompanying my daughter to Bowling Green State University‘s Persident’s Day open house.

It was a very busy day, the kind where you take in so much information that by the end your head wants to explode. I know I felt that way, and I’m not even the one who has to make all those life altering decisions.

But watching her touring the various departments, asking questions and weighing life’s decisions made me reflect on some of the choices I’ve made, but even more so about how we are faced such big decisions at such an early age. Let’s face it, a lot of days I have trouble deciding what to fix for dinner, how did I ever come up with the proper career path?

If I’m to be completely honest, I took wrong turns. A lot of them. I tried pursuing a degree in Sociology, but in my heart of hearts knew that wasn’t what I really wanted with my life. Deciding to leave college for marraige and family was easy. That was what I truly wanted.  Even though I stopped writing for a number of years–rejections hurt too bad, who needs to put themselves through that–I’ve come back to it time and again, because that is where my heart is. And it was only in recent years that I’ve really allowed myself to let go of the ‘need to do’ and the ‘should really be doing’ and walk the road I’ve always wanted to.

I’m studying my craft, analyzing the business, and writing every day. I’ve joined social and professional organizations that teach and provide support. I’m walking a rough and bumpy road, with my true desire and will as my guide.

So to my children, or anyone else contemplating which is the right road to choose, I will give the same ol’ advice–even if it’s cliched. The right path is the one your heart leads you down.