Turning left

I took a different turn on my bike ride today.

Usually, I ride on an open track surrounded by nature on one side and houses on the other then turn right at the end of the track towards town, people and noise.

Today when I came to the end of the track I decided to turn left, away from town, away from people, away from my normal route.

The track felt bumpy at times, unfamiliar and I didn’t know how far I was going to ride because it seemed like an endless path, it was.

I experienced open green fields, beautiful red birds flying and horses right beside me.. I was emmersed in nature and I loved it!

It was beautiful, inspiring, enriching and I felt alive.

When I turned around to come home and rode back on my usual route I had a bird following me along the track trying to swoop me.

It would swoop then land, take aim and swoop again.

I felt a little bit scared but understood why this bird might feel threatened by me.

After my spike of adrenaline calmed I related this experience back to life, I love how experiences in nature can offer great insights and perspectives.

If we choose to go left instead of right (doing things differently to how we usually do things) we will be met with situations that challenge us and some people who don’t like it (swooping birds)

But, we also open ourselves up to experiencing new and beautiful things that weren’t there before or might have been there but couldn’t be seen because we were always turning away from them instead of toward. (Right instead of left)

Every time I choose to turn left I am choosing to step out of my comfort zone and that feels scary and painful most of the time if I’m honest, but rarely disappoints. I always learn something new about myself, experience something new or gain new perspectives that I can apply to my life.

With pain comes pleasure and with pleasure comes pain.

They go hand in hand. And together, from my experience have the ability to create massive growth and opportunity in our lives.

How can you turn left today?

What is one little change you can make in your day that will give you a slightly different experience than before.