Post 2 - PLOTTING THE JOURNEY

I've given this blog some thought over the past few days.  I have to admit I've been tempted to change the title and use the blog as an outlet for my daily frustrations and, at times, seething anger.  This week, and recent weeks past, have been a challenge to say the least.  My job has been incredibly stressful, frustrating, draining and blah, blah, blah.  I could go on for days recounting the sordid details of life in my professional world...then I could continue indefinitely with rants about my relationship with my husband, and easily mix in a tirade or two... or ten... on my kids.  I'm sure I could throw in quite a few expletives along the way and really work myself into a tizzy.  No doubt many can and would relate and be happy to perpetuate the sentiments.

BUT...sorry guys, that would be way too easy and not at all beneficial to me...or to you.  Having an outlet for all that is fine, but for My Journey I expect more of myself and want to embark on a more thoughtful exploration.  The way I see it, it's easy to allow the anger and negativity to take hold and to keep feeding it with more and more negative energy, but it's infinitely more difficult to work through those feelings and get to the other side.  I couldn't get to the center of me without choosing the latter.

There are a few topics that I have identified as being crucial to the exploration into the center of me....

Love
Fear/Ego
Spiritual Awareness/Religious Perspective
Relationships - (Motherhood - Wifehood - Friend and Familyhood)
Career
Happiness

I propose a slow, methodical look into each of these areas, from my perspective, from the perspective of those who have previously explored, and from your perspective.  Each individual topic could take months or even years to cover every nook and cranny, but perhaps we can find a way to define each topic without limiting the validity of the exploration.  Or not...maybe we just surrender and follow the journey wherever it may lead...