The Road Less Travelled

.....was once the title to a book.
A journey within.
Something therapy is all about, developing a relationship with the different parts of you, in order to make conscious, what is unconscious.
Becoming aware of your defenses, your habits and preoccupations, in order to change them.
It is not a comfortable process, yet it is the only way through, to greater congruence between your inner world, and the outer one.

IN fact, I think at this time, with the plethora of information available on just about everything, including the self development, self help world, this journey inward is even more necessary. It is easy to get lost in the conflicting pieces of information, and developing a relationship with your inner world, is the truest way to greater clarity and peace. One of the things that enables greater discernment is actually our sensing/feeling nature (SOUL). 

This is often the part of us, we are most uncomfortable with, find it easiest to betray, in the persistent and consistent pressures of the outside world. Expressing, and walking through the stuck emotions, is to allow for more expansiveness & clarity in  our FEELING nature.

So much so, I feel addictions are simply on a continuum.

For some, it is drugs, alcohol, gambling, gaming, shopping, etc. easily recognizable,
for others it is work, rescuing, relationships, DOING, over-giving, anything to distract, turn away, from SELF.

Lately, every time I hear or see artificial intelligence, I hear ADDICTION........using something artificial (outside of yourself) to manage or control your internal state, in order to feel more at ease with your external world. An artificial high is never fulfilling, has a short life span, and what goes UP this way, must come down.

Getting out of these habits/addictions, takes effort, and a willingness to change, no different to the efforts it took to create them in the first instance, except on the road to recovery, you are moving towards a healthier, more whole version of YOU, one day, one step at a time.

​Change is our natural way. 

Many happy returns!