Follow Your Bliss
As I showered this morning, I reflected on the intentionality of van life.
How, no matter what's going on in real life, the moment we enter van life, every act must be intentional.
A ritual.
A choosing.
I spent some time this morning thinking on coffee. I have a fancy setup at home, but I don't remember being intentional about it.
This morning, I was intentional.
Each part of the new ritual of coffee in my new life was selected with extreme care.
I use ChatGPT to bounce ideas and together, we closely researched every single item of what "coffee" will mean to me now:
- coffee maker
- WDT tool
- scale
- grinder
- kettle
- mug
Every item added to my list was done so with such love, such tenderness, for the me I am becoming reclaiming.
When I arrived at the last item in the list, the mug, I thought on the utilitarian Yeti mug I use now for my coffee, quick and easy to slap a lid on and go as needed.
Chat and I discussed this and came to the same conclusion: I need a handmade ceramic mug.
Well, it just so happens I already had one, which brings me to my next point.
We too easily get caught up in the, "I just know I'll be happy if ____," trap, forgetting that we have a choice right now to be so.
Ritual doesn't have to be saved for a special time.
Ritual is essential to life...daily.
So I pulled out that old mug.
I remembered something about how the artist--a local--liked to place encouraging messages on the bottoms of each of her pieces.
I flipped it over, and the tears welled.
"Follow your bliss."
Could there be any truer words for this journey we're on?
So today, loves, I invite you to consider where you can carve out a meaningful ritual right here and now.
Don't wait for bliss.
Don't settle for "if only ____, I could be happy."
Choose one small action step, carve out one tiny ritual, claim it as yours and follow your bliss.
