My best guide in life is a mixture of joy and terror. These feelings, when woven together, produce a powerful sense of aliveness and purpose. Without the joy, what’s the point? And without the terror, how can I grow and expand? These are the feelings I can always recognize as the threshold to an expanded consciousness. I felt this way before I chose to move to the place I now call home, when I applied to graduate school to go after my dreams, when I first adopted my dog-baby Dilly, before I entered into relationship with my love, and before we moved in together. I feel these two emotions as I finish my graduate degree and redefine myself in the professional world. I can’t force them, but I know I can trust them. Without fail, joy and terror always move me in the direction of my dreams.
