Honestly Woman Issue 3: June 2017 | Page 27

"Life is not cer tain. There are no guarantees . None. Oppor tunities never come when it ’s convenient . It ’s always mes sy. People will judge and criticise you whatever you do." If I could be certain of the way forward, I’d leave. What will people think? I’ll stay and make it work. I won’t give up. How could I be so ungrateful? I’m too old now. It’s too late. Then I woke up. I realised that it’s not going to be any easier next year. The way will show itself when I make a commitment to myself. I needed to trust the voice from inside - my intuition. Life is not certain. There are no guarantees. None. Opportunities never come when it’s convenient. It’s always messy. People will judge and criticise you whatever you do. Listen to your intuition and you’ll never go wrong. It always acts in your best interests, even if it doesn’t quite look like you expected it to. In the words of Eleanor Roosevelt: “It’s your life – but only if you make it so. The standards by which you live must be your own standards, your own values, your own convictions in regard to what is right and wrong, what is true and false, what is important and what is trivial. When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else or a community or a pressure group, you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.” I know that by creating this freedom for myself, something will happen. The Universe responds to our intentions, thoughts and emotions. My role in creating a new future for myself is to hold the vision of what I want and let the Universe step in. ISSUE 2 OF 4 IN 2017 27