You keep praying for signs and ignoring the ones inside you

A whole lifetime can go in wondering what are you here for. Part of it is just how life is - you build through discovery. And another part of it is resisting what you know in your heart is not right for you. 

It’s easy to get sucked into following a formula. An eternal entity governing what you do.

Somewhere deep inside, we are often looking to surrender to a greater force - faith, family, society, the Universe. There are benefits to it - the mind feels free. You can focus on execution rather than thought. How over why. You can build and not worry about where the steps are leading. 

But then comes a time in your life when you wonder, am I headed in the path I want? Not the right path, not the best path, but a path that I want to walk on with intention?

There are no right answers. And if there were, who is gonna tell you?

That is when you begin seeking signs - validation from a family member, a mentor, a community.

I don’t mean to devalue any of these things. Support is not just important, it’s necessary. 

But belonging does not come at the cost of intuition. And using your support to help you on your path is very different from using the support to be the decider of your path. The more you ignore your voice and seek external signs, the less your voice wants to contribute.

And what use is validation when you cannot even listen to the voice inside of you?

How many times have you known what you needed to, wanted to do but listened to everyone but yourself. How many times have you read your horoscope of the day and wished you could get the love, the respect, the financial bump you were promised, not because you wanted it but because you had no idea what you wanted, and how?

Building a life is a journey. Make sure it’s yours. Internal signs have a way of disappearing over time.