There was a time—early on in my journey—where no matter what I tried, nothing seemed to work.
I felt stuck. Frustrated. Like the universe had hung up the phone and left me in voicemail limbo.
And in that mood—you know the one—I went walking. Not to get answers, really. Just to breathe. To reconnect with something older than my own restlessness.
I ended up at an old spot I used to visit as a kid. A place called Arthor’s Island. It wasn’t really an island—just a quiet, half-hidden patch of land tucked into the woods beside a still lake.Hard to get to. Almost nobody knew about it. Which made it perfect.
That day, I sat by the water and did something I hadn’t done in a long while:I asked the universe for help. Out loud.
“What am I doing wrong? Why does everything I try feel like it just… fails?”
And then I noticed it.
A single dandelion spore floating across the surface of the lake. Drifting. Dipping. Caught in the breeze.
It wasn’t going in a straight line. t spun in little circles. Paused midair. Dropped almost into the water. I thought for sure it would sink. But the wind caught it again—just enough to lift it back up.
I watched that tiny seed for what felt like forever.And just when I thought it would never make it… It landed. Gently. On the far side of the lake. The place that once felt unreachable. And I knew.
That was the message.
I’d been trying to force my path.
Trying to plan every step. Control every outcome.
But life—real life—was asking me to trust the wind.
To surrender a little.
To stop resisting the current and let the path carry me.
Just like that dandelion.
That moment changed everything. It didn’t solve all my problems—but it shifted something deeper: My approach. My energy. My willingness to trust that the universe was still guiding me, even when it didn’t look like it.
🧠If you’re feeling stuck…
If you’re in that place I was—frustrated, tired, lost in the loop— Know this:You might just be mid-lake. You haven’t failed. You’re in flight. Let go. Trust the wind. And land where you’re meant to.
– Arthor McCabe
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