When we do, we begin to lose our particular essence by fitting in and going along, we sacrifice our individuality and the sense of harmony that comes with it. No two of us are meant to follow exactly the same path. Social standards are like well-marked, hard-paved roads.īy contrast, each of our personal missions is unique. This means that when we ask ourselves “Am I on track?” we’re usually measuring how closely we’ve been able to follow cultural ideals: making lots of money, wearing the right clothes, matching whatever model of beauty happens to be our culture’s standard. Before we can see straight, we’re taught to behave according to the opinions of the adults around us, from our parents to society at large. Most of us have learned to do exactly the opposite. Recognizing the track of your life’s purposeįor tens of thousands of years, human children learned to follow tracks and other natural signs almost from birth. Then we must be willing to follow the tracks no matter where they lead to stop and reconsider when we inevitably lose the track, and take the time to reestablish our connection with the right path. First we must learn to recognize the tracks left by the thing we’re seeking (a rhinoceros, our life’s purpose). These skills are innate evolution has incorporated them into the hardwiring in our brains-though in most of us, these days, they lie dormant. There are just a few basic skills we need to track anything, including our right lives. As our brains wake up to this kind of problem-solving, our ability to track anything, including our own destiny, improves exponentially.
There’s something in our DNA that loves to solve puzzles and read clues, and that’s exactly what animal tracking requires. But precisely because it’s so difficult, it can also be the most fun you’ve had since you learned to wear clothes.
Like finding your life’s purpose, tracking a rhino can be baffling, discouraging, frustrating, and even frightening. The quickest way I know of doing this is to make them track a rhinoceros. They’re here to find or clarify their sense of purpose, so that they can follow it with more energy and less effort. Why should you care about rhinoceros tracking?Īt the moment I’m at a South African game park called Londolozi, running a change-your-life retreat for a few hardy souls who’ve joined me from all over the world.
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