Martha Beck describes the importance of Soul Teachers.
Soul Teachers are not ethereal Budda like creatures gently guiding us on the path to enlightenment.
They are shakers! They rattle us, challenge us, berate us and help us to face the obstacles that are in the way of our growth. The come for a season, rarely for life and they can be a friend, an acquaintance, a colleague or an author, a philosopher, a podcast host even an Influencer. They are there because they have something to teach us and we need their support. Once the lesson is learnt they often flutter off on their own journeys. Soul teachers give and receive. For it is inbeing kind, helping, finding our purpose that we truly grow – right?
My coach Dolores is one of my soul teachers, so is Martha Beck and Brene Brown, Sharon Blackie, Miles Franklin, Marcus Aurelius and my friend Marion. Soul teachers do light the way, but ultimately, we chose our path. Soul teachers challenge those choices.
To truly live is to continuously grow and we can’t grow without facing change.
Soul teachers help us on this journey.
Opening your eyes and your heart to those that can help is a big part of facing the obstacles. For as the stoics say –the obstacle is the way. That which stands in the way is the signpost to the way.
May you be blessed with many soul teachers on your journey.
