Every Time a Baby Walks, the Universe Cheers

Was talk­ing to a friend the other day, and a great metaphor popped into my head. It was a metaphor appro­pri­ate to what she was expe­ri­enc­ing, but also to what we’re doing here at Where’s Your Heart?.

Where’s Your Heart? is about the change occur­ring in our cul­ture. About our pri­or­i­ties, our rela­tion­ships, and impor­tantly how we relate to the world around us. You might say, it’s more of a fem­i­nine energy. You might be right. It’s actu­ally more about the shared expe­ri­ence of life and the energy it man­i­fests. Once you con­nect to this energy, you real­ize it con­spires for us. It sup­ports us, and it’s right there where we need it to be. All we need to do is trust it.

I say “all we need to do” like it’s easy or something!

Bot­tom line is, the game’s rigged… in our favor. As I was talk­ing with this friend, a great anal­ogy popped into my head. I want to share it.

Have you ever watched a new baby learn to walk? Your first reac­tion is to cheer them on. No one ever wants the baby to fall. Or worse, to never be able to walk. I sus­pect, you can’t even imag­ine a per­son who might think jeer a baby who takes their first step, right?

We know we can’t just walk for the baby. And, there’s not a lot we can do to ease the pain that comes with the process of learn­ing to walk; the con­stant falling, men­tally expe­ri­enc­ing the 100% fail­ure rate RIGHT UP UNTIL THEY LEARN TO WALK.

Even as I write this, I’m a bit over­whelmed with how per­fect this anal­ogy is to any of us who are try­ing to get more out of life than a big­ger pay­check. I find myself falling time and again, and to the point of not want­ing to even face the next item on my todo list with Where’s Your Heart?. But, I know, I trust that in spite of my best efforts to fall, the uni­verse is cheer­ing me on. Things lead to things. And, right now, things are con­spir­ing to help us along the way as defin­i­tively as any adult would do any­thing to be there when a baby takes their first steps.

Last bit of sagely advice before I head back up my moun­tain for the day.

When you’re hav­ing a hard one, think about that baby when they fall. Look up, look around. Find a friend, and they’ll be sure to cheer you on. And, like a par­ent for their child, they’ll totally get when you’ve had enough falling for the day and just want to eat and sleep until try­ing again tomorrow.