The answer to whether you are walking or wandering often changes from season to season – life is fickle in that way. We asked some of the folks we most admire to reflect on whether they feel like they are walking or wandering and have shared some of their responses below.
Rose Grant-Robinson
I’m walking a path…. I currently have cancer and was diagnosed last year. I say I am on a path because I’m juggling being a wife, a mother, a friend, and a Boss! I take all of these jobs seriously and with love. I have found that I am on a path for true enlightenment and also learning grace. Read More>>
Sylwia Oles
Wandering is a part of my identity. When I first came to the U.S. as a young adult, I was simply curious about the world and wanted to experience everything. I didn’t have a clear path or one true calling to follow. My interests have evolved over the years, and I adapt as I go. You could say that I’m always wandering. Read More>>
Sophie Lasher
I’m going to break the rules here and say both and neither. I’m definitely not walking an existing path, but I also feel a directional pull that keeps me from saying I’m wandering. I would say I’m forging my own path and I always have been. As a queer and neurodivergent person, I think walking a path has never really been an option for me. Read More>>
Maria Cortes-Graham
I am finally wandering, and it feels incredibly freeing. I found this path very naturally, just by going with the flow of my life without resistance. Read More>>
Manuel Perugini
I’ve always been afraid of not being able to find my own path in life — of ending up stuck in something that didn’t truly feel like mine. Read More>>
Lauri Novak
I’ve always been one to wander, both in life and my work. You never know where wandering can lead. Wandering also allows me not to get stuck in one moment, in one genre of photographic work or hung up on something that I can’t seem to finish unless I head in another direction. Read More>>
Brooke LeBeau
I wonder sometimes about the difference between walking a path or wandering. If we hit a detour and don’t know where to go, we start to wander. If we wander and see a path that interests us, we walk down it. Read More>>
Princess Sims
I love this question. I am walking a path but in my walk, I am wandering. My walk on this path of entreprenuership is still new and it requires me to wander into unfamiliar areas and learn from them. Read More>>
Michael Holtz
I believe I’m walking a path now. I wandered for a long time, being involved in too many organizations and not feeling a whole lot of joy in the work; it felt like a job. I decided about two years ago to narrow my focus, and that has brought me joy that I hope exudes through all aspects of my life. Read More>>
Ifetayo White
Yes, I am very much walking a path. My Reiki path including its precepts guides me to not hold onto anger and worry, to be grateful for everything, to be true to my path and myself, to be compassionate to myself and all others. Read More>>
Harlequin Grim
Sometimes it feels like I’m trying to sprint down my path. Be patient, enjoy the journey—but how can I? There is so much to do, and so little time. Read More>>
Michelle Lewis
Honestly? Both. The late, great J. R. R. Tolkien famously penned the line, ‘Not all who wander are lost’ as part of a longer quote in The Fellowship of the Ring (hi, nerd alert!). Read More>>
