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It Doesn’t All Need To Happen Now
Take the weight off. With patience and consistency, we’ll get to where we’re meant to go.
Today I was asked why I live in Tokyo. The answer — I don’t really know. I was called to live here instead of just passing through. I wanted to experience seasons and city life. I longed to be lost in the world with my pen and curiosity as my compass; I wanted to call Tokyo home.
We can never truly know for certain with anything, can we? We just choose to follow the trail, the story, the heart, the gut — or we don’t.
At times I wonder what the hell I’m doing. I question my purpose just as much as anybody. But I return to the page and the simple things which make me happy, and I find myself again.
I feel now, more strongly than ever, that if I just keep going, moving, and putting my heart and soul into the world, things will fall into place. I’ve been finding solace, joy even, in the fact that it doesn’t all need to happen now.
You don’t have to understand it, I tell myself. Just keep telling the story.
One day I will get to where I hope to be, making a living from doing what I love — published books, a wide-reaching podcast, even a physical, beautiful magazine with a variety of contributors that melds cultures…
