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I found this statement on a freelance blog and I find myself asking myself this question a lot. So I thought if there are others out there that ever ask this same question it would be beneficial to share.

I think Don Juan does a good job of describing the choice we should make when we question what it is we are doing with our lives.

“At some point in their lives, many people ask themselves this same question: am I doing what I should be doing with my life? Am I on the right path? And more importantly, how do I know the right path when I find it?

Don Juan, quoted in the book The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castenda, believes the right path is always apparent, if you know how to look.

“Look at every path closely and deliberately. Does this path have heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn’t.

One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.

A path without heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy, it does not make you work at liking it.”“