Trust the Bend in Your Higher Purpose
When life bends
and the way ahead is unclear,
clarity does not come from rushing
but from slowing—
from attending to what is.
Obstacles arise—
some obvious,
some subtle—
becoming part of the rhythm of your path.
Notice their weight.
Trace their form.
Each challenge carries an opening:
a call to awaken skills
you may not know you possess,
to meet capacities waiting to emerge.
As you move, ask yourself:
which action aligns with your higher purpose?
which choice feels most true?
Stand firm in your knowing,
grounded in what endures.
Remain flexible in what unfolds.
Trust the path
that has carried you here,
and the curve just ahead—
for the bend itself is part of the design.
The path bends.
The future remains hidden.
Yet when you move
in resonance with your higher purpose—
with your true soul self,
already held in the light of the Divine—
the way forward opens
through presence,
alignment,
and your conscious actions.
Joycelyn Marshall 