Learning to ‘go with the flow’
I have been, and still am, on a journey of exploration, a search for meaning. Through a process of investigation, elimination, and experience, I am beginning to learn how to live.
I have done all of the following:-
1. Volunteered in a slum community
2. Joined spiritual groups
3. Read lots of books
4. Done creative writing
5. Spent time with friends and family
6. Gone on expeditions
7. Moved to another country
8. Slept
9. Numbed myself with external stimuli
10. Repeatedly tried goal setting
11. Graduated from an Ivy League university
12. Poured myself into work
None of the above worked. I absolutely love my friends and family, but no one else could show me the way to find fulfilment in my own life. Others can only give inspiration. The ultimate responsibility comes from within. Fundamentalist meta-narratives that proclaim a single path to truth have not worked for me. Life does not fit into a single, neat theory. That’s what gives life its edge, but also its elusiveness. The only way to deal with it is to go with the flow…
