My Hands And Me

A new adventure begins for me today, and I’m really excited. It was hard to get here, but I already know on Day One that it is going to be worth it.

For a long time I’ve known that my heart’s true desire lay in helping people and animals feel more comfort, more compassion and more ability to engage their natural healing abilities.

And yet I was never brave enough to make it my central focus, to find like-minded people and to learn from the elders, masters and other seekers on similar paths.

All that changed at my first day of massage school.

A few years ago, I had a high-paying, successful professional career in another field, and for years I muddled through my life, unhappy and angry at myself for not allowing myself to be happy. I had it all, after all. Everyone told me so.

Yet the heart wants what the heart knows, and my heart had always known something more than that world of corporations, capitalism and cronyism.

My heart knew this model was unsustainable for the length of my projected lifetime, and yet all around me, tons of smart people ignored or denied this fact, engaged the beast, played the game and tried to maximize their slice of the pie…..I can’t deny, it was warm within that herd, the promise of excessive compensation around the bend, fattening most of us into willing sheep.

But my heart wanted pie for everyone, and anyone who’s known me for even an evening can tell you, I’m not a good sheep. So I gave up that career, and began seeking another.

I can make no promises of where I will end up, but the journey is well joined. A young man who never would have considered body work as his life’s calling has matured into a man open to following where this power will take me.

Thanks to all my friends and family for their support……and who needs a good rub?

8-)

Comments

[Ray Siderius]

Hi Chris, this is great. Looking forward to your participation in the Oregon School of Massage community. Ray Siderius