Ready Or Not…Here You Come

I was watching 2 children play hide and seek yesterday and it made me think that their game of hide and seek is exactly like our discovery of how to become the person we truly want to be.  As they were counting and trying hard not to peek through their hands while hiding their eyes it dawned on me, I had been playing the same game with myself for years and I was always “it”!  I was always the person seeking, always the person searching.  Sometimes I was searching for happiness in love, sometimes I was searching for happiness in my job and sometimes I was just searching for money.

As the little girl that was counting yelled, “Ready or not here I come” and began to search you could see her excitement grow as she felt she was getting close to finding her playmate.  With every step she took she would quickly look high/low and left/right until finally you could see her eyes light up…..”I found you, you’re it!”.  As she yelled those words it became immediately clear that her excitement in finding her friend was the exact same excitement I found when I discovered my purpose, the person I truly am.  The best part of my game of hide and seek was that once I found my purpose I didn’t have to be “it” anymore.  I was no longer searching with wide eyes of excitement hoping to discover the meaning of happiness, love and money.  Instead my search lead me to discover ME.  I discovered the person I was the entire time but never actually allowed myself to be.

Think about it, how many of us ignore the inner voice in our head.  The one that tries to guide us to safety and the one that ultimately is trying to help us discover our purpose and live successful lives.  I know for a fact that for years I would silence my inner voice and do what my family, friends, and co-workers thought was best.  I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t as successful and happy as I wanted to be when I followed their advice.  It’s because I was still seeking, but ultimately I was hiding.  I was hiding from me.

So I challenge you, STOP Hiding from you!  Discover who you really are…discover your purpose in life.  Life is meant to be abundant and joyful.  Just look around you right now, you will see that nature purposely makes all of the birds, animals, and plants in abundance.  This is not a coincidence.  Enjoy the abundance around you….enjoy you!

Quit hiding…start seeking and find yourself!