Curiosity, Scotland, and the Unexpected Next Step

Curiosity is often intuition's first language.
~ Robin Rosenstiel

​Last week, I wrote about the Struggle Bus.

You know the one.

The bus that races through life collecting commitments, obligations, deadlines, responsibilities, and expectations. The bus that rarely stops long enough for us to catch our breath before speeding off to the next thing.

In that newsletter, I shared the importance of stepping off the bus and allowing ourselves a moment of pause.

What I didn't know at the time was what would happen next.

Earlier this year, I intentionally created space for myself. Not because I had a grand plan. Not because I knew exactly where I was headed. Simply because I could feel that I needed a pause.

A little breathing room.

A chance to listen.

And somewhere in that quiet space, an unexpected invitation appeared.

Plant Spirit Summer School near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Now, if I'm being completely honest, I have no idea where this experience will lead.

I don't have a five-year plan for it.

I don't have expectations.

I don't even have a specific outcome I'm hoping to achieve.

What I do have is curiosity.

A gentle intuitive nudge that says, "Go."

So I'm going.

Not because it makes perfect logical sense.

Not because I can explain every reason.

But because I've learned that some opportunities don't arrive as a detailed roadmap. They arrive as a whisper.

And if we're moving too fast, we'll miss them.

I often think intuition gets portrayed as a lightning bolt moment where everything suddenly becomes clear.

My experience has been different.

More often, intuition shows up after we've made room for it.

It arrives in the quiet moments.

The walks.

The cups of coffee.

The afternoons when we finally stop filling every available space in our calendar.

The pause creates the opening.

The opening creates awareness.

And awareness allows us to hear what has been trying to reach us all along.

As I prepare to leave for Scotland, I find myself wondering:

Have you taken a pause yet?

Not a vacation filled with activities.

Not a weekend spent catching up on everything you've fallen behind on.

A true pause.

A moment to step off the Struggle Bus and simply listen.

And if you have...
- What showed up?
- What idea appeared?
- What invitation arrived?
- What curiosity began tugging at your sleeve?

Perhaps your next step isn't meant to arrive as a fully formed plan.

Perhaps it begins with a whisper.

And perhaps the only thing required right now is enough stillness to hear it.

This week, I invite you to create a little space.

Not to figure everything out.

Simply to listen.

You never know what invitation might be waiting for you on the other side of the pause.

Trust the pause,

Robin

P.S.  My newsletter will be on pause until July.

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Reflection Questions

• What possibility keeps returning to your thoughts?
• Where are you waiting for certainty before moving forward?
• What path sparks curiosity, excitement, or wonder?
• What if your next step is enough?