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Childhood Memories Could Be Your Path to the Future

Show me a person who is wandering and lost in defining their future, and I’ll show you a person who’d benefit from retrieving some childhood memories.

In the not too distant past, you might have heard me lamenting that I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I’d say it with a hint of a smile because I knew how ridiculous it sounded. How could you be well into adulthood and still feel like you hadn’t gotten it right?

Finally, a wise woman invited me to re-examine my childhood for clues.

At first, it felt rather pointless.

How did my love of the outdoors, bike riding, and reading factor into anything that one might deem a path to a career? Well, of course, they didn’t.

But, over time, I was able to reach a little deeper and realize the other joys of that time. From writing short stories as gifts for siblings to being in school plays and performing in poetry recitals.

Apparently, I’ve loved the spoken and written word for a lifetime.

I also recalled how often others would seek me out when they were going through something difficult when they needed to confide. Even at a young age, when I had nothing to offer but my willingness to listen. I’d find myself hearing, in some cases, frightening accounts of childhood lives.

This has been the case my entire life. People, strangers, and friends alike, seek me out and share their pain and confusion. Seeing my wisdom or a place of solace.

Those experiences became the encouragement to read and learn about the human journey. To seek understanding at a spiritual and psychological level. Why do events happen as they do? Why do we act or think or believe as we do? I wanted to understand more. I’ve become a lifelong learner.

I don’t have any degrees in fine arts, nor in journalism or any of the traditional means of beginning such a career. Nor am I a certified counselor and yet, my whole life once examined, shows me that beckoned or not, these tendencies are a…

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