The Path Less Taken

I
am the person who is often drawn to the road less traveled, or in this case the path that is less taken. Even when I was in school, I didn't follow the crowd that was in, I hung out either by myself or with the geeks (which I was one of) or the nerds (I didn't quite fit in that category, but learned a lot). I was made fun of because I either looked different (like a geek), did not think like they did (I always thought 'who would want to be a robot, not me that's for sure') or heaven forbid didn't wear the latest style of clothes.

Now as an adult I still follow my own path and if it's traveled then so be it, but I prefer not to blaze my own trail, I'm not that brave by any means, but to follow the trail that is less traveled. In hiking terms it would be the trail or path that looks like someone was down it at one time, you know the one that has the grass, plants and moss growing back. Yeah that's the one; you found it right?

Well in this case the path less taken for me is a spiritual path. Oh, I've traveled the Christian path for close to 25 or 26 years (from birth until about 10 years ago or so.) I guess that would be about right for the time that I started to feel like I just didn't fit or feel comfortable there, but went anyway. I was raised Lutheran and it was about that time that I found myself going to church more to see my friends and by some small chance to see the guy I had a crush on since 3rd grade. Now that I think about it I went to keep my family happy. Yes for a short time in my life I did follow the road that was the most taken, or would that be the highway.

When I was in college I took a history class that was on Witchcraft. I took it for 2 reasons; the first being that I had always been intrigued by Witchcraft and the history of it and the second was that I needed another history credit to graduate. So I thought why not get my credit and learn about something that has always interested me.

Ever since then, off and on, I had been researching and reading, researching and reading. My husband, when we were dating and even now, supports my thirst for knowledge on this path and helps me. After all the reading and research I have done, this path less taken spiritually is the right path for me. Now I just need to find someone to guide me through the most dangerous portion of the path, before I continue. I am ready to continue on this path. Sure I feel some fear when taking the path that is less often taken, but I also find peace along with adventure. The fear comes when I have to admit it to my family, and my husbands family. Some will understand and accept, they don't scare me, it's the ones that will not understand and accept that do scare me.

In the meantime think creatively and take the path less taken once in awhile.