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realizing it. Not only that but i shut down to hearing the universe, the wisdom-whispers that could have helped me create the life i wanted.
It started when I was young. I dreamed of being a writer. But I grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York and“ creative people were drug addicts,” in my parents’ minds. I was told I would starve if I followed my dreams.
WISDOM & SELF-GROWTH
So, I did“ what I was supposed to do.” I went to law school. I got accepted by and graduated from Harvard Law School. Then I joined a big firm practicing law. I felt frightened all the time. My life appeared“ successful.” But it felt terrible. This was the life I had created by not trusting myself.
I finally had to learn to trust myself. I walked out of my law firm life with hardly any money and no real plan. Somehow, deep down, I knew I would be led.
There had to be a way for me to live my truth, the call of my soul. It was time to start listening to my own heartbeat instead of the warnings and limitations of other people.
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