PATHWAY TO JOY AND HEALING

There are signs indicating whether we are living our highest path.  These signs may be very subtle or they may be very clear.  As we proceed through our lives, there are subtle signs that we are not living our highest path as others will expressed things to us that are not consistent with how we see ourselves.  For example, I heard others say that I am very defensive and am easily slighted.  When I heard these statements about me, I dismissed them as I justified that others were being overly critical of me and I simply ignored these statements.

As I proceeded through my spiritual journey, I found these statements to be true about myself.  The reason for my defensiveness and feeling slighted was that my emotional wounds from my trauma and abuse were unhealed.  My strong ego prevented me from admitting this to myself until I began my emotional healing work on my spiritual journey.  Since doing my emotional healing work, many friends and colleagues mention to me how I have changed dramatically and that I have found more peace for myself in my life.

There also were very clear signs that I was not living my highest path when my marriage ended in divorce, as I sought love and affection with another man during my marriage.  I wanted to blame my ex-husband for my behaviors and actions, but the truth is that I was not living an authentic life, and not living my highest path. It is not uncommon to wake up from our lives to realize our behaviors and actions were hurtful to others, and we are being dishonest with ourselves.

These are hard life lessons, but we must wake up from our slumber of living in our dishonesty, and finally face our own truth so that we can live a more authentic life and our highest path. May you awaken to your higher path. (Copyright 2015 Awakening Journey with All Rights Reserved)