Think of your deepest callings. What have you done about them? Did you outline and follow careful plans, or did you ride the wind—or a little of both?
Many times in my life, inspiration whispered and dreams called me forward. Without a perfect plan, I leapt and flew. I followed my intuitive heart, rode the wind, and—yes—it all worked out beautifully.
A Perfect Plan
Benjamin Franklin once said: “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” And plans do give structure and direction.
But John Lennon reminded us: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”
Plans sketch the trajectory, but life’s magic reveals itself in presence.
I dream big and take inspired action. I keep goals in sight without insisting on every step in advance. Presence tells me what to do and when.
Fret and Regret
Most of us yearn for new horizons at various points in our lives. Some follow their callings even when others cannot understand. Instead of trust, they meet doubt. Instead of encouragement, they hear fear.
The winds we resist become the regrets we carry.
Loved ones may worry we’ll regret the risks we take. But the greatest regrets are not the winds we ride—they’re the winds we ignore. Dreams left unexplored, callings silenced, wild invitations declined.
We can’t predict outcomes—not for ourselves, and not for anyone else. Better to bless others with encouragement, trust their wings, and polish our own in readiness for flight.
Ride the Wind.
The point of planning is to move us toward our dreams. But outcomes are never ours to control. We can influence, but we cannot command.
The wind carries those who dare to fly.
Perhaps the greatest goal is not arriving at a fixed destination but embracing the aliveness that comes from following our heartfelt truth.
So, sketch the outline. Take inspired steps. And then—surrender.
Let go of outcome.
Trust the invisible currents.
Ride the wind.
Because when you dare to follow your spirit’s call, it has a way of working out beautifully.
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