There’s a line somewhere, drawn or maybe just realized, that tells us what’s okay and what’s not. I always say we know what we should do and we know when we’re are fucking up. It’s equal parts morality and common sense and it’s governed by our will and a lot of times our habits.

It’s that tickling feeling that tells us we should maybe not eat 4 slices of cake every day. It’s our guilt and our conscience and our motivator. All in one.

Found yours? You know it’s in there. Think of it as a muscle. Like a weak hamstring you keep pulling. Like any muscle I think you can develop and strengthen it. You just have to quit ignoring it.

I unknowingly think of this line all day. It’s also the doubt line. The line that if left unchecked, becomes the one that tells you that nothing is good enough. It’s our lack. The biggest issue is that even when cruel. The line is peppered with enough truths that we believe it and feed it.

The key is the margin we give ourselves. The internal lines we have aren’t all bad. We just have to figure out how to balance on them. I was going to make a tightrope joke here, but really tightroping is without humor. I’ll move along.

Balance, margin, whatever. You have to find some of it or the line will drive you nuts. Approaching the center of it though can be rewarding. When we align our actions with what we feel is right. It feels good. It feels like we are reaching our potential. Or at least to me it does.

Learn to recognize this line. To toe it and be ready. But also be aware of the margin and realize the line can represent our life direction and that bad habit can lead us the wrong way. Trying to manage that can be hard but for me it’s following my gut or God’s will or whatever your inner intuition tells you.

This is my path. I know it is true. I’ll do my best to be true to it and to follow it.

#hugsandhi5s