Good fortune does not come to those who sit and wait but only to those who actively seek it. To be a seeker is to meet life head on, to take up the warrior’s sword and live the warrior’s life. With intent set, a warrior knows that it is not the goal but the journey that counts and that good fortune lies in every step taken and every day lived.

Good fortune meets warrior spirit so that life becomes a wheel of fortune, a fully explored adventure. Without holding back the warrior knows that to have a good life requires the fortune of intent. Taking the warrior’s path means proceeding with intent of fortune in every step, encounter, and experience. Lead a life of goodness, happiness, and untold fortune by setting the intent to do so. It’s all a matter of mind, or better said, mindset; i.e., change your thoughts. Create and cultivate the mindset of good fortune and then go out and meet it coming to meet you. This is how to change your life and your fortune too!

Stay committed to your magical path of heart. Notice when things are not going as you expect, when you feel limited, stuck, or simply stopped in your tracks. Why do these things happen and what do they mean? Are you trying too hard, trying to manipulate something that is just not right for you? Are you on the wrong track?

Sometimes the more magical path leads in a completely new direction. Sometimes the more magical path is to admit that you have been forcing something that your spirit is not in alliance with, to call a truce and adjust.

To take the magical path of heart is to acquiesce to that which is just not working right and turn instead in a new direction. This might mean abandoning the fight, unscathed for the most part, and moving in a new naturally aligned direction of pure heart.

Maintain balance. Stay attentive to the details of your life. Avoid old entanglements, of people, thoughts, ideas, and behaviors. Strive to make this day different. In minute ways consciously shift away from old patterns and begin weaving new paths of intent. This doesn’t have to entail drastic cuts or incisions, but simple shifts and conscious decisions to lead a different life based on what you know works for you. You are in charge of creating the life you desire. Take control, but remember to be kind to self and other. That is the first step on your path of heart; be kind. Stay openhearted and allow good energy to invigorate you as you remain committed to change.

Internet out this morning as we are battered by high winds in the Northeast! Here is today’s Soulbyte:

Did you experience the shift? Whether your experience was subtle or strong, did you stand your ground, your warrior legs planted and firm? Yet were you flexible as well, able to sway with the energies of the changing tides?

Change is constant, so if you feel like you missed out keep in mind that each day you have another opportunity to meet your protagonist head on, the protagonist of change, who pursues you and presents you constantly with a new chance to test the waters of life. Dare to step into the water of life on your warrior legs every day, steady and flexible, strong and supple, firm and graceful. Meet life in this way and you will find yourself met in return in similar fashion, life naturally ebbing and flowing as it should.

Like a warrior stand in your power, in your ability to constantly shift and adjust. Dance your way forward now, light on your feet, in rhythm with your spirit, in rhythm with nature within and without. This is the day you have been waiting for. Enjoy it, and yet stay attentive to all that you have been through to get here, reminding the self often of the warrior’s way: to remain solidly connected to all that is, to the heavens and the earth, to the sun and the moon, to the body and the spirit, to the wind and the water.