Excellent piece, inspirational and validating. Thank-you.

When I was a pre-teen I heard my mother and father discussing me. My mother thought I should go into Little League. My father asked:

“Does he like baseball?”

“No,” my mother said.

“Then we shouldn’t force him to do anything he doesn’t want to do. When he finds something worthwhile that he wants to do then we’ll encourage him to do that,” my father said.

Wow, that was a great gift I was to later realize more fully.

I loved to explore. During daylight hours winter or summer (grew up in New England) I spent outside exploring the thousands of acres of woods, watersheds, farms and apple orchards around our house. Later my explorations led me to books and ideas.

My Sophomore High School English Teacher encouraged us “To Learn for the Sake of Learning.” Wow.

Many people along the way told me: “You can’t do that.” I did it anyway. Also I realized I was asking the wrong people. Thankfully I had been developing my inner voice or knowing and that was my best guru.

When I was 38 years old I asked a simple question of myself and without expecting an answer I received one. It was an experience or calling that allowed me to surrender into a joyous life of service to others.

I cultivated a place for the divine to skirt the edges of my life especially when I released my ego. (By the way my ego comes zinging back like a boomerang in a second after release.) I cultivated a space for my inner voice out of which came my inner guru.

I suggest like Ayodeji Awosika that you make a space within your inner kitchen, living-room or den to let you inner guru show up. Ask questions of of the inner guru but don’t necessary expect an auditory answer. The answers may be impressions etc…