Curiousity and Resilience

As a young child, I was always wandering off and getting lost.  My parents would probably tell you these incidents are responsible for many of their grey hairs as they got older.  One of the most memorable instances of this happened when I was four years old and joined a school field trip to the beach.  My mom was uneasy about it with me being so young, but she and my dad also wanted me to start socializing with other children before beginning kindergarten later that year.

When the school bus returned hours late, my mom was frantic.  Sure enough, I was the cause for the hang-up because I had wandered off from the group and they couldn’t find me.  I also returned sporting a severe sun burn . . .

Looking back on my child self and how she loved to wander off and explore, I realize curiosity is a natural part of who I am.  As an adult, I now enjoy “getting lost” in my creativity and learning about new ideas and concepts. 

Curiosity has also become an important healing tool to for cultivating personal resilience.  When something you hope for doesn’t work out, disappointment can be overwhelming and take you down.  For me, as an older child and well into my adult life, I mistook my failures and disappointments as a reflection of my value and self-worth.  Curiosity has taught me how to restore my self-confidence by drawing on the valuable lessons and insights that come with failure and disappointment.

My daily Reiki meditation and self-care practice has shown me that no matter what is happening in my life, I am worthy just as I am.  This has helped me to release the self-doubt I had been carrying around for decades.  Success is the result of consistently showing up with the energy and focus your dream, goal or vision requires of you.  Sometimes it takes longer to achieve than you originally plan or comes together in an unexpected way.  Drawing on the energy of curiosity will sustain your faith throughout the process and elevate your perspective when it comes to the bigger picture. 

Like a child wandering off to explore, curiosity is always there to serve you when you are contemplating a new idea or vision.  It’s also there to support you when you are in the messy thick of things and unsure of what is next.  And, when you are at the end of accomplishing something, curiosity is there to inspire the next desire, dream or vision.

Each of us has come into this life to learn something, to have a question or series of questions answered.  Whether or not you are aware of it, this curiosity is what draws or attracts you to many of the experiences you’ve already had.  When I reflect on where my dreams have steered me since childhood, I am crystal clear that my soul came here to explore how mysticism can be experienced within the three-dimensional realm to both heal the mind, body and spirit and co-create with the universe.

What big question or series of questions drive your desires in life?  What has that curiosity taught you so far?

While curiosity can take you out of your comfort zone, it can also restore your confidence in times of uncertainty.  Unlike the saying “Curiosity killed the cat,” curiosity is what drives both our individual and collective evolution.