Your Inner Landscape

Last night, I was driving through the city, admiring the lights, the scenery created by the buildings and bridges, the lights that gave it life, and I started thinking about the time before people settled in.

Originally, the land had a certain landscape – the hills, lakes, forests, meadows, beaches, rocks… and the settlers needed to work with that natural environment – they crossed rivers using bridges, they looked for solid ground to build houses, and settled near the ocean, bringing in more supplies from abroad.

Each of us also has a natural landscape. Your “hills” may invite you to build great things, your “oceans” may inspire you to search for new inventions, or your “meadows” may create a strong desire to gather groups of people with a common purpose. Whatever that natural landscape may be, we need to be aware of it and use it to our advantage, just as those old settlers and architects did. Only then we can make the best of it and build the structures that will work well with our “natural resources”.

So, if you found yourself climbing the corporate ladder while dreaming about serving the needs of your community, maybe it’s time to take a trip to your inner self and explore the scenery. Are you building houses on sand? Maybe there is a place that inspires fun and exploration, like a waterfall. Maybe you just got lost in the woods and forgot about the fields around that offer amazing views of sunsets that may inspire you on your journey.

Take your time and explore who you really are. I’m sure there is a lot you can do with what you find, whether it’s a warmer climate offering places to collaborate, or a cooler one, where you would sit by the fire and concentrate on detailed work. However you end up crafting your life, building your career, or pursuing your passion, it’s going to be as unique as the world around us – there are no two places on Earth that are the same.

We love traveling to beautiful places, because they somehow inspire us. So, if you are sensitive to your inner landscape, you are more likely to create a life that is naturally beautiful. A life that you will love living; a life that many others would like to join. And some may just choose to join you forever.