Creating your own “desire line”  

  Desire Line - a path created by "a yearning to go our
own way, to forge through the brush of life, to make a new
path, to ignore the concrete in lieu of the feel of our foot
on real earth. . . "  --John LaPlante, Urban Planner

              “Sometimes, following unknown paths,
we find ourselves in a maze of growth, in failing light,
unsure where we are, flailing through jungles of stiff,
impenetrable shrubs and sharp briars in deceptively
benign-looking woods. All at once we realize we are lost,
unable to retrace our steps. Then, suddenly, we come
out onto a paved highway, far from where we thought
we were, feeling a gratefulness and a relief we are
ashamed to acknowledge.  But sometimes, just sometimes,
we come upon a new and unexpected clearing, a magical
place unanticipated in our daily thoughts or even our
dreams; and when we do, we are so amazed that we
cease even to wonder whether we will be able to find
our way back home, or, perchance, whether this might in fact be our new home.” -- Robert Finch

Are you traveling the path someone else created for you or are you forming your own desire line
toward those things you love and want to do?  

Think of your life as paths created by your family, teachers, friends, church; a way created for you to
follow to their desired location. Then draw a visual of those paths you were and are expected to
travel.

Did you create desire lines that lead to something different than that expected by your life
planners?  
In your mind, what path is laid out for you now?  
Is there an inclination to create a new path?

Start creating that desire line now and begin your journey toward your chosen destination.

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”   
--Ralph Waldo Emerson


                                                                      copyright © 2008 Gail Brokaw and
                                                                 Embrace The Possibility Life Coaching
             Gail Brokaw, MA, CC
          Life and Career Coaching
lifecoach@embracethepossibility.org
                   Elk Grove, CA
                  (916) 205-8041