For years I was running after one thing or the other, always looking for the bigger better deal. I had no idea what spiritual guides were or even why I would ever need one. Early on in my professional career, I came to the realization that no matter what I accomplished, I was never to be satisfied with life. I really didn’t know there was a better way to be living, let alone. As a child, I had always been taught to be self-reliant and was that a man should know what needs to be done before he was asked.
I attended church up until I was about 6 years old. I mention church, which relates to religion, which has nothing to do with spirituality, as context to demonstrate the only exposure I had to any type of spiritual, holistic, or higher powered guidance. As I continued into my early 30′s, I struggled more with the idea that I alone was the master of my own universe. Frankly, I was struggling because I never could satisfy the whole I always felt inside. I always thought it was up to me to chase after and create my own happiness. I didn’t know what I didn’t know.
Not until I was forced to take a close look at my life after experiencing depression and a real sense of hopelessness, did I look for something else. You could say it was a spiritual and emotional bottom. Through a process of self-discovery and enlightenment, I have found my spiritual guide. Today I feel as if there’s a force, greater than myself, guiding me each and every day.
Everyone experiences those things they can’t explain. Like when you’re thinking of a friend you haven’t heard from in months or years and they suddenly call you on the phone. Or a song comes to your head and when you get in the car it’s playing. These types of experiences are all spiritual guides; at least I believe them to be. They are the universe telling me I am exactly where I’m suppose to be at that specific place and time. That is how my spiritual guidance comes in my life. It’s truly amazing.