Does Everyone Have A True Path?

Here it is Monday morning and I am checking my Monday Morning Barometer. In this post, Andrea Ballard describes how she uses Monday mornings as her true test to know when she is straying away from her true path.

I loved the post, tweeted the post and received this @reply: 

If you notice the date and time, this was the 2nd afternoon of my week long vacation. I had woken up that morning, before anyone else (surprise!), went for a run, grabbed some coffee and, with my red Moleskine in hand, sat in the morning South Dakota sun at the campground. There are any number of things I could have done that morning, yet I chose not to do any thing other than to enjoy the view. I carried that with me throughout the day and when I checked in and saw this reply, I started to think in a restful, vacation-y kind of way:

Does everyone have a true path? How do you find it? How do you know when you are on it? How many people are looking their true path right between the eyes but don't see the forest for the trees?

I didn't come up with any answers to those questions (I was on vacation, remember) but one thing did cross my mind. Take a few moments to picture yourself in your relaxing place, with time on your hands, and no commitments to fulfill. What do you choose to do?

We all have a true path and maybe, just maybe, the things we choose to do - when we don't have to do anything at all - hold the keys to discovering our true path. 

Meanderings

Here are a few things bouncing through my mind right now.  

Time away. I don't do it often enough. The Black Hills/Badlands area is a wonderful spot for a family vacation. I tried to figure out how I could make a living drinking coffee and watching the sun rise but failed miserably. Back to work I went on Tuesday.

Internet connections were skitterish in the Hills so I was going through Women of HR withdrawal and am so looking forward to quality time this weekend to get back into and onto the site and read the wonderful words of our contributors.

John Sumser published his Top 25 Online Influencers in Leadership.  Way to go all!

The 2010 Top Women In Business Blog Awards, sponsored by Online MBA & Awarding the Web, are out. This award highlights the very best blogs about women in business on the internet as selected by their judges. Many thanks to the panel for including Simply Lisa on this list. 

I am reading the Twilight series. My mind is so chaotic this week, I need some fluff. Fluff ends at the end of the series and then next on the coffee table is The Lovers.

Delta is having a fare sale. Do I even dare fly Delta these days? Are the low fares worth the hassle?

Yoga hurts so good. Ice cream tastes so good. And Caribou new flavored iced teas are so good.

My HR Staff is my ace-in-hole when it comes to recruiting. When I find the right person for my department, I know that if there is ever any doubt in the candidate's mind whether or not this was the place for her, a few minutes with my staff would seal the deal. It does every time. 

I used to be about pollyanna workplaces but got over that real quick. Now I am about respectful human-ness.

I owe no less than 5 people calls. One is a podiatrist to help me with my chronic shin pain, the others are friends and future friends.

Now, where the heck are the husband and kid. I'm hungry and who's going to cook me dinner?

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