The Path

	"The Awakening" Oil painting By Patrick Donovan

Your life is your path! Deeply embedded in the history of your life, is a pattern or series of patterns that define your particular path of self-discovery and self-transcendence. These patterns are revealed through your actions and reactions to various events; your relationships; your family history; the decisions you have made, the directions you have taken and the obstacles or trials you have faced; and so forth. Taken together, they are the signature or fingerprint that reveals your identity, i.e., who you are as an individualized expression of the Greater Whole we call God. The direction of your path and the way in which you are to serve life can be revealed through that fingerprint if you take the time to explore the pattern carefully.

When you are willing to explore that pattern and ask the questions of identity and purpose—"Who am I?"—"Why am I here?"—at every moment, in every new situation and then live the answers courageously, compassionately and authentically in spite of the many obstacles and trials life may bring to you, you are walking your path of self-discovery and self-affirmation. Living in this manner is living a life of healing and transformation.

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