What You Seek is Seeking You...

Unique Perspectives: What You Seek is Seeking You...

By Kim Stevens

What You Seek Is Seeking You. – Rumi

I remember the first time I read this quote—how excited I felt at the very thought of it.

I’m a “The Universe has your back” kind of girl. I believe everything is rigged in my favor. But this idea? That all the things I long for—all the desires of my heart, the things my soul is seeking—are also seeking me? That felt like a game changer.

Because it makes me trust these things. Trust that my passions, my dreams, my deep longings were placed in my heart for a reason. That they’re meant to be realized, manifested, lived out in full.

I think so often we’re told that life isn’t really about us. That chasing dreams is selfish. That certain desires are just pipe dreams, not meant to be part of our experience. But I don’t believe that. Honestly, I never did.

Because why is it that I love what I love? Why does design light me up? Why am I drawn to real estate, to homes, to arranging spaces just so, to blending colors, to the way certain scents make me feel? Why do I crave deep, soulful conversations? Why do stained glass and pottery, trees and mountains, an indigo night sky, and sunrises make my heart swell? Why do I adore yoga, reading, business, psychology, spiritual pursuits and the sound of wind chimes? And shoes. My God, why do I love shoes?

I didn’t decide to love these things. I just do. And that means something.

So when I read “What you seek is seeking you,” I feel a deep, undeniable rightness in my body. A softening. A sense of ease, of relief.

It reminds me that I don’t have to tone these things down. I don’t have to justify them. I don’t have to get over them. I simply get to enjoy them. Not in a way that makes me dependent on them, but in a way that allows me to fully embrace them.

Last night, I was up in the middle of the night—reading The Afterlife of Billy Fingersfor the umpteenth time. In it, he talks about following our chimera—our eternal fire. That life is really as simple as this:

What do you like? Do more of that. And THAT is the secret of life. The secret to unlocking our own personal wisdom formulas.

So today, I’m reminding myself to follow my eternal fire. To listen to those sparks inside me. To do the things that make me feel alive, that give me a childlike sense of wonder, that add a little extra sparkle to my world.

And to trust—deeply—that everything I am seeking… Is seeking me, too.

I really just love that.