You Are Exactly Where You Need To Be

Every year on my birthday I do this thing where I assess where I am in my life. Career wise, financially, and as of the past few years I have brought into the equation parenting. Personally, every year I feel like I fall farther and farther behind. Couldn’t be any further from the truth however, it’s easy to feel like there is always catching up that needs to be done. Factor in the anxiety of the internet, and it’s almost impossible not to compare yourself to this fallible version of others. I can’t exactly pinpoint when; and I want to say it was while I was on my “Soul-Searching Journey” that this lifesaving phrase popped into my head. “YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.” I don’t know what I was doing or where I was mentally/emotionally but it was the most vital information to be implanted into my mind. In that moment I felt a sense of relief or peace; like I could slow down in this invisible race that I have created to catch up/make up for past mistakes.

“YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.”

I said this phrase over and over and even today when I intentionally become aware of my rat race I will say it and my mind quiets. The phrase declares that you know what you need to know for the person you are in this moment. That the future YOU will know the information when it becomes vital to them. It also implies that our lives are written on scribes and that we are always in the moment that we need to be in for what we need to learn. Please do not take this as a destiny is written assumption; as we still have the power of choice. Unfortunately most of my choices have led me to learn things the hard way. It could be my stubbornness or rebellious insatiability to go against the grain; this phrase has helped me come to accept that. It also allows me to release control, in the slightest bit that a control freak will allow; but nonetheless.

No matter where you are in your life, there is a reason that you are there. Whether it be good or bad there is a lesson to learn from each moment. If it serves as any consolation; the lessons we are sent here to learn do not go away if we do not learn them. Our spirit simply comes back on another form to learn them again. So why not get it right the first time… or the first couple of times.