Taste the Tapas of Life
Being an expert in your own field or lane is naturally attractive to others — especially those who have a desire to experience or be exposed or imbued with a bit of the same. It doesn’t mean you or they have completed a course or been officially acknowledged in a field. It simply gives a kind of lived credibility, the kind that’s felt, not conferred.
If someone is fully and completely immersed, living a life you’re drawn to, then by all means — be around them. Learn from them. Not to hand over your own experience, but to let yourself fully immerse and see what it awakens in you.
Some people may seem to live a life that’s outside your means or your realm, but if you spend time in their field of energy, things begin to open. Possibilities start to make sense. If it feels good inside you, if it brings curiosity or excitement — try it out. Think of it as a try before you buy moment.
You’re all here to experience. Flow with trust. Follow the pull of what calls to your soul in some way.
It’s like test driving a car before you buy it. You wouldn’t want to sign on the dotted line without ever feeling the handling, the weight, the way it moves under you. Life is the same way. You don’t have to quit everything and jump into a brand-new direction to know what fits. Just take a taste.
Try the meditation, take the walk, join the class, book the trip. Experience something new in small ways. That’s the beginning of turning your life’s experience in a fresh direction.
Even being fully satisfied can become stagnant over time. Reach, stretch, challenge yourself. Try things in small bites — like tapas plates passed around the table — instead of ordering one untested dish from the menu and sticking with it forever.
Life is variety. Taste it all. Keep moving, keep trying, keep exploring. You don’t know what you want, or what you don’t, without testing the flavors. Variety really is the spice of life, and your taste buds — inner and outer — are always changing.
Taste the tapas of life’s experiences. Try the flavors, and then go in the direction of your knowing — the one that’s evidenced by your excitement.
Like visiting a new city filled with different cuisines, wander through the streets and sample what calls you. You might fall in love with one flavor enough to go all in — to find a people, a place, a rhythm that fits you so deeply you decide to stay.
Trust the ones who live what they love. Learn from them, taste with them. But most of all, trust your own inner yes — that moment of this is delicious to me. That’s how you find your flavor of life.
