Would You Read the Story of Your Own Life?
Well, would you?
I honestly can't think of a more powerful question.
We often imagine pictures of our future - snapshots of who we'd love to become in a perfect world.
So tell me,
Are your current actions leading you through the story that you'd love to tell?
Here's a personal story of mine that I hope will inspire you to make a change that you need:
Just after graduating from college in 2009, I had a steady boyfriend of over 2 years and plans to move to France. The boyfriend was a great guy, but for some reason, I couldn't stop imagining my life without him.
The movie in my head was trying to tell me something.
I saw myself as a single girl in Paris, having reckless adventures and living independently. I wanted a more exotic romance - someone who would keep me on my toes.
But I was too scared, so I tried to stop that movie from playing in my head. I kept coming up with reasons to stay in my safe comfort zone. I tried to convince myself that I was happy.
Eventually, the movie of my ideal future started playing more and more. It became louder and harder to ignore.
I couldn't take it anymore.
I stepped right out of my comfort zone.
I started living out the movie in my head.
I broke up with my boyfriend.
I enjoyed plenty of reckless Parisian adventures (Oh la la).
And, best of all, I even found the "exotic romance" that I always really wanted, but never thought possible.
I started listening to my loud-as-hell inner voice and stopped trying to do what felt safe or what others thought I should do.
And you know what?
I love my own story so much that I've started writing the memoirs :P
Watch your movie.
Use your life to write a story that you'd love to read.
Mwah.
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Reader Comments (4)
I really loved this. It's such a unique and interesting way to hear and listen to our intuition. Plus, visuals are so convenient versus just feeling (or worse yet - body aches and pains - which is on the more serious end of what happens when we ignore spiritual growth but it's normally the time when people don't decide to examine their lives).
Hurray - I definitely want to try this now. <3
Hi Tatiana!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)
It's scary to share such a personal story, but I think that so many people are going through similar things (whether or not they have to do with romantic relationships is irrelevant - I was using my relationship as an excuse, which wasn't fair to my boyfriend).
My theory is that you *already* have a movie playing in your head - the difficult thing is to become aware of it. Let me know what you come up with!
Courtney
Just what I needed to see, right at the time I needed to see it. Grazie.
That's what I like to hear!