DeFrosting Old Habits

Old habits die hard.  I think we all know that to some degree. Some worse than others.  For me, my old habit is to get excited about something only to get sidetracked right back into the status quo.  It's a very easy thing to do, as my little sister wrote just days ago.  To slip right back into the comfort zone of what we know.  An easy slip that perhaps makes finding fulfillment that much harder.  To borrow the words of Robert Frost, taking 'the road less traveled' can make all the difference.

Granted, I've been traveling myself (on a familiar road, in fact) and distracted quite a bit - so I do need to give myself a small break.  But I must be mindful of the need to forge ahead, letting my imagination lead the way. 

That said, my plan for tomorrow is to spend the remaining time with my family and get to reading my first "How to" book on owning and operating a Bed & Breakfast.  For some reason I've been more inspired by the Bakery idea these last several days.  Likely because I've been baking for friends and enjoying it so much.  It's also possible that I know a Bakery will allow slightly more freedom time-wise than a 24-hour operation such as a B&B would.   I still have much to learn and need to do so before making any rash choices.

This, of course, was the fear talking...the urge to stick to the status quo.  The naysayer inside of me was speaking out.  I had to put a muzzle on her and instead listen to that little voice inside me who spoke to me loud and clear just weeks ago.  It was she who pointed me toward true happiness and that's the path I have to follow.  Where that path leads... we'll all find out together I suppose.  

I write this all to remind myself and all of you with a dream of your own, that should this aspiration become a reality, there will be moments like these.  Moments when doubt and laziness fill your head and the easiest thing to do would be to back down to the challenge.  

The real test is to push through it and remember...to always remember...what made you smile from ear to ear.  Make THAT your destination.  

Sweet Dreams, 

Me

"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost