Signs and Symbols.

 Signs and symbols. They're everywhere, and they are meant to guide us without thought. The objects that our friends leave behind, the colors that manifest our emotional ties to what we want, and deeper connections like the stories we create in our minds, which were created from our inherited thoughts and imaginations. We've taught ourselves to hold onto these objects, memories, and emotions as a way of life. Unknowingly, not realizing at some point that they were supposed to flow through us like a river through the earth, air through our lungs, and interactions through the body. If you're like me and micro-manage everything internally. You've been subconsciously creating characters, scenarios, and possibilities to stay "ten steps ahead" or understand the world in your own way. Knowingly protecting your heart, but still not realizing that you were creating your own roadmap. An internal and external trail, back to what is the natural order of the world. That is and always has been, right in front of you. When you choose to find your way back out of the forest of chaos, frustration, and confusion. Familiar smells, feelings, and moments of natural peace, stability, and confidence will greet you. Letting you know that you're on the right path out of the forest.  You may find that those signs and symbols become just that. Tools of homage, gratitude, and a way to guide others out of the forest. So that we can all fully look outside of ourselves, drink the waters flowing from each other's minds, breathe the air from gentle and calm words, and feel a full connection with the world that we haven't felt since childhood.