Coddiwompling: What's your destination?

Coddiwomple is my brand new, favorite word.  It means to travel purposefully towards an as-yet-unknown destination.  One word to describe the most powerful and fulfilling way to live life.

“Travel.” It implies movement, activity, a journey.  There is no stagnation.

“Purposefully.”  With complete clarity and confidence.  Deeply intentional and committed to our purpose, we receive the insight and power to move through any perceived obstacle.  Grounded and strong, we are no longer being tossed around by the whims of life, like a leaf caught in the wind.

“Towards.”  There is always a direction:  either towards or away.  We consciously and deliberately choose for it to be towards.

“As-yet-unknown destination.”  This one is stickier.  Let’s first acknowledge the fears this brings up.  I mean, we’ve been educated and rewarded to define goals, to know our destination, to measure our success compared to these.

How can we get “there” if we don’t know where “there” is?

And yet, the magic and power is thanks to the “as-yet-unknown destination,” not despite it.  The you of today can simply not think or imagine what is possible for the you of tomorrow.  

Think about it: Did the you of 10 years ago ever imagine that you’d be where you are today?  For most of us, the answer is a resounding “no.”  The 10-years-ago you had no frame for much of what you’re experiencing today.  It was beyond your understanding and level of consciousness.

Your destination may be “as-yet-unknown” to you; it’s not unknown to your brilliance.  Your brilliance came into the world to become.  It’s pulling you forward towards who you’re called to be, what you’re called to do, where you’re called live and work. Can you trust you get “there” more boldly, more powerfully, more quickly, more completely, more easefully when you don’t predefine where “there” is?

You have a choice: (1) to predetermine your destination from your level of understanding and awareness today or (2) to fully commit to your brilliance and deeply, purposefully travel towards it, while trusting that it will guide you to an unimaginably transformative destination.