Last month was the one year anniversary of when God called me away from my corporate marketing job and on the Race. He did so by taking me on an impromptu vacation in NYC and speaking to me audibly with one word, "freedom". The below post is written to commemorate this occasion. To read the complete story, go here.
I remember walking up and down the Manhattan streets, not knowing where anything is and not knowing where I'm going.
The best part of getting lost is I look around in extreme attentiveness and with great expectation that something will show up and something always does.
In this case I wander off a few blocks from the Flat Iron building, I found a huge store that carried the most intricate and exquisite interior design trinkets where I spent the next hours paroosing. Later,I came upon the NYC Public Library with an exhibit honoring Shelley, the author who wrote Frankenstein, it sent cold chills down my back to walk around the dark toned exhibit, but at the same time the mystery caught up with me and I was overtaken by it's haunting beauty.
NYC's Flat Iron Building
It unleashed something in my brain at the precise moment.. getting lost equates to finding hidden treasures.
After I got out of the library I found myself on the steps of the front entrance… looking around hundreds of city dwellers going every which way. Above them, the skyscrapers stand erect peaking above alley ways and traffic lights. Everywhere I look there is movement, life, promise, opportunity.
The View Outside the NYC Public Library.
I then heard the word "Freedom", and just as easily as I heard it, I sensed it with my entirety, this soothing feel and ease overcame my body.
I was utterly content then, excitement rushed over me, as I anticipated what was to come with this freedom declaration from the God of heavens to me.
Taking the Dreamer Out and Exploring NYC
Often people attempt to live their
lives backwards; they try to have
more things, or more money, in
order to do more of what they
want so that they will be happier.
The way it actually works is the
reverse. You must first be who
you really are, then, do what you
need to do, in order to have what
you want.
Margaret Young
Singer and Comedienne in the 1920's
