Adrianna Larkin

Weather is frequently used as a metaphor for emotion. We all understand when someone is described as having a ’sunny disposition” or a “stormy look” in their eyes.

Fog is a favorite metaphor of mine. It denotes the opposite of clarity. As we move ahead with blazing new trails and taking measured risks we find ourselves in unchartered territory, and that makes everthing seem a little “foggy".

Sometimes it seems we cannot see anything at all and we are just feeling our way around..and thats a good thing. That feeling will keep the channels open and help raise us up where we need to be.

Newness is unsettling but it is also what prompts growth. As I continue on my path to my “perfect” career as an entertainer who teaches (whatever that looks like–I believe it is the feeling of that experience and not so much the visualization that gets you there), I am encountering a whole bunch of newness at one time.

And I would be lying if I said that it didn’t wig me out a bit.

But in the embrace of this experience completely and fully trusting that while I cannot “see” what looks like anything of great value, that it is there none the less. What is obscured by fog, does not go away if we do not see it. It means that we have become reliant upon one sense to process and define all of our world.

That leaves 4 more (or if you believe as I do, 5 more) unused senses waiting in the wings.

Part of the reinventing of self is trusting the “feeling” part. You have in fact done that for things like relationships, jobs, and values.

Now it is time to do it for what you really want. So go ahead. Reach for what “feels” right…it’s there–even though you may not be able to see it right now.