(from BeautyArtSoul.com)

My artist-mom created this graphic on her iPad the other day and sent it to me. I immediately uploaded it to my mobile phone to use as my wallpaper. Because it reminded me of Nietzsche’s famous quote:

“One must have chaos in oneself in order to give birth to a dancing star.”

And lately my dancing star has been doing the quickstep! Because in the last year I’ve left the job…sold the house…and started a year-long southwestern migration that is likely to find me living in Santa Fe, New Mexico sometime in the near future. All in the name of pursuing my passion and living my purpose for being in the world.

I’m not sure that it’s possible to move toward purpose without at least a little bit of internal chaos. Because our tribe has done a pretty good job of convincing us that the well-worn path is safer and more secure than the road-less-traveled.

But hopefully when our still, small voice gets tired of being ignored…and grabs a megaphone to scream in our head, “Do what brings you joy,” we’ll have the requisite courage to at least listen to the voice. And then slowly gain the confidence to move along our intended path…the one that results in living a “no regrets” life. 

Because I don’t think that it’s enough to go through life and get to our last few moments and breaths on earth…only to find ourselves wishing we’d seen more, been more and done more. That kind of wishing doesn’t honor our unique talents and gifts and our purpose for being in the world.

So as I write this…I’m curious about your dancing star. Is it doing the tango or the waltz? Are you creating and living your Best Life…or are you marking time?

Either way…the choice, as always, is yours to make.