Does Your Path Have Heart?
“Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore, a warrior must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if he feels that he should not follow it, he must not stay with it under any conditions. His decision to keep on that path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. He must look at every path closely and deliberately. There is a question that a warrior has to ask, mandatorily: ‘Does this path have a heart?’” ~ Carlos Castaneda from The Wheel of Time
I LOVE Carlos Castaneda! He is probably one of my all time favorite authors. I can pick up any of his books, randomly open it and BAMB…there’s a powerful message….just like the one above.
I’ve read the above passage countless of times. I can vividly remember reading it about 4 years while I was considering several opportunities. On the surface, a few seemed to be a dream! In considering the all the opportunities explain to my wife that, although some of them were fantastic, they just didn’t feel right.
I literally got stomach cramps thinking about taking any of them.
I thought this passage captured the intention of my decision well so I (literally! 🙂 read it again and again and even shared it with my wife…it made SO much sense to me….my decision was made!
- So, how about you?
- Got any big things on your mind?
- Any big decisions?!?
Then ask yourself this simple question: Does this path have a heart?
Well, does it?!?
It takes inner strength not only to ask this question…but to answer it as well.
