Inklings are little nudges to get our awareness, our attention. I’m not talking about these little inklings. I’m going to share with you about the wild Inklings which often inspire us to make changes in our life which take us beyond anything we could dream of.
They arise from our Heart. Suddenly. We feel them as huge AHA moments. We suddenly KNOW. With every fiber of our Being. It feels like THE Truth and we know that we need to act on it.
These wild Inklings don’t come with instructions on which steps we have to take to implement these clear solid new Truths into our lives. They often create chaos, upheaval, large growing pains AND such depth of enrichment that we can’t imagine how our life would be without having acted on these wild Inklings.
I was experiencing one of these wild Inklings when I was traveling in the US over 30 years ago. I was in the middle of a forest, met a man, looked into his eyes and KNEW it’s him. We got married two years later despite the ocean that was between us when we met.
I’m from Switzerland and at the time lived in a valley surrounded by the majestic Alps. I feel the grounding presence of these mountains around me every day no matter where I am.
When I had this wild encounter with Skip who later became my husband, I was traveling in the US with my family. I was mountain biking in a forest above Lake Tahoe when I met Skip and was immediately struck with such a deep knowingness. And he felt the same which he later shared with me.
I returned to Switzerland and part of my heart stayed with Skip while we went through a long process of making our relationship a reality.
I was working as a speech pathologist in Switzerland and finally had a vacation a few months after meeting Skip at Tahoe where I had only spent a few hours with him. During that vacation we spent three weeks together and the knowingness grew even stronger.
In my head it didn’t make any sense though. Skip was not only from another continent, from a country where I wasn’t able to practice my hard earned degree, he was 20 years older than I was which at the time of meeting him, I had no clue about. Skip is a free spirit who does in no way fit into a box with his youthfulness, demeanor, lifestyle choices. He is following his own inner calling and I felt an immediate connection with his deep integrity right away.
The process was immensely challenging of making it happen, of having only one year to decide whether we would get married due to Immigration requirements, and dealing with the sadness of leaving my family, friends, culture, the Alps.
The reason I’m sharing this with you here is, I not only felt the Wildness within my Heart, I also felt the human side of my life with all its messiness, emotions, growing pains. I had to feel it all. I couldn’t leave any of my inner parts behind which at first didn’t agree with these changes and wanted to stay with the familiar which felt safe to them.
I’m filled with such immense gratitude for following the wild Inkling I felt in the forest above Lake Tahoe and every painful moment was worth going through. It expanded my life beyond my wildest dreams.
I’m very purposefully choosing expansion here. I didn’t start a new life. That would negate all my life experiences that came before. It was an expansion that grew out of a desire to move beyond, to follow the deepest call within my Heart while honoring what I was before.
And I’m happy to share that this also worked on a more practical level. I was able to use my training as a therapist and my knowledge about anatomy when I became a Yoga and Meditation instructor, Energetic Practitioner, Psychic Reader, and so much more, and more to come…
Prompts
You could take a few moments now and look at your life.
When did you experience a wild Inkling?
Maybe the change looked smaller than moving across an ocean. No matter how big or small these changes are, they can have a major impact on us.
How did you feel when you KNEW?
What sensations did you have in your body?
Do you remember how your human side was challenged by this?
Do you maybe have a desire to acknowledge how important it is to allow yourself to feel it all?
How did it expand and enrich your life?
Please feel free to share in the comment section what you are discovering when you follow your Heart and enter your inner Wildness.
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“May the Wildness within your Heart inspire you to become more of YOU.”
Until next time!
HI Katja.....felt a little inkling when I saw that you were publishing here. I publish simply to express and explore writing and how it provides clarity. Of course communication is also intended , but no goals about readership. It feels warm to think of Skip and you both and just for that it is all worth it.