"Finding the path, off the path".

At times the path can seem more clear when we step off it. Pushing too hard and focusing so narrowly can actually limit our life experience and disrupt our overall balance. A healthy lifestyle invites variety, change and diversity - incrementally and consistently.

It's so important to play, to fall, to dance and to try new things that bolster our vitality. The path ahead can be steady, predictable, chaotic and eratic. At times, taking a break from our routines can support the strength of the path overall.

Movement, nomadism and the unknown, all enrich our engagement with life as a whole. They are not tangential, but entirely part of a full, rich and buoyant lifestyle. Staying on a houseboat for a few days, volunteering at a homeless shelter, exploring a different neighbourhood - are all little acts that tend to all the parts that inhabit your body.

Living authentically has everything to do with tangents, with divertions, delays, pauses and breaks. The path is never linear. It is good to have a vision but understand that there are many branches that belong to one tree - some crooked, long, short, fragile and sturdy - and all belong to the same belly of trunk.

A focused life should incorporate adventure, movement and diversity. So, whilst on the path, do not be afraid to come off it. You may just find that all the roads lead to the same - and all the strange detours were part of shaping the very life you wanted.