For most of my life, I believed I was meant to be a successful entrepreneur.
To build profitable companies and live a wealthy lifestyle.
Everything seemed to point toward that future.
I started my first small venture at 14, reselling things at school. At 15, I launched a jewelry brand. At 16, I did marketing consulting for local businesses. Between 17 and 18, I sold products online.
None of these projects really took off, but they taught me a lot about business.
At 18, I got accepted into the most prestigious business university in my country. I dropped out after the first year because I felt I could learn faster on my own instead of moving at the group’s pace.
Around that time, I began volunteering full time at an NGO. I managed two teams with 14 people in total. I did this for a year and a half.
At 21, I got my first real job at a successful startup. Within my first year there, I proved myself and was promoted to lead a branch that generated millions of dollars each year.
But the moment I received that promotion, something inside me changed.
All of my ambition had always come with a lot of suffering. My motto was simple: sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. It helped me push through many challenges on this path.
I was never truly content. I thought that success would finally fill the emptiness I always felt inside.
Yet the closer I got to what I had been chasing my whole life, the more I realized it made no real difference.
No matter how many promotions or raises I got, I still felt empty.
This made me start questioning everything I thought I knew about life.
“What’s the point of success if it doesn’t bring me fulfilment?”
“Why do I have to sacrifice today to be happy tomorrow? Why can’t I be happy today and tomorrow?”
“What is this emptiness I feel inside me? How do I become whole?”
While I was wrestling with these questions, I decided to take a short trip to visit my friends in the United Kingdom.
The plan was to relax and clear my mind, but as soon as I arrived, random problems started piling up.
My friends got sick. The weather was awful. My debit card stopped working. And on top of that, there were issues at work I had to deal with.
The beginning of the trip was so disappointing that I started thinking about extending my stay and going on a solo trip for another week.
Half-joking, I looked up at the sky and said, “Universe, if I’m meant to go on this solo trip, please fix all these nonsensical problems.”
The next morning, everything was fine.
My friends were healthy again. The work issues were resolved. My bank unblocked my card. The weather was perfect.
I couldn’t believe it. It felt unreal, almost like a joke.
So a few days later, I said goodbye to my friends and set off on my own.
I had no idea where to go, so I started searching, and one place caught my eye.
Scotland. More specifically, the Scottish Highlands.
If you don’t know what that is, picture a land of breathtaking beauty, where nature feels untouched by humans.
And yes, it’s also the place where the Loch Ness monster is said to come from.
So I went straight to the capital of Scotland.
But when I arrived, I faced another challenge.
I had planned to stay with someone I found on Couchsurfing, but my phone battery died, and I had no way of finding their place.
To make things worse, it was Sunday evening. All the public places where I could charge my phone were already closed. It was also pouring rain.
I walked for more than an hour through the rain, the cold, and the darkness. Still no place to charge my phone. Finally, I looked up to the night sky and said, “Universe, if this is your plan and I’m on the right path, please send me a sign.”
Twenty seconds later, I saw a tour bus with “Scottish Highlands” written all over it. It was the exact company I had been planning to book with.
A few minutes later, I found a Burger King still open right in front of me.
But the synchronicities didn’t stop there.
After charging my phone and finding my Couchsurfing place, I went online to book the Highlands tour.
I wanted to go on November 10th, my birthday. But the system wouldn’t let me, no matter how many times I tried. It kept showing a “technical error.”
The only date I could book was November 11th, 11-11. I thought to myself, “That’s a nice number, but I really wanted to go on my birthday.”
I started to doubt if going on 11-11 was a good idea. At that exact moment, I glanced at the clock on my computer. It showed 22:22.
That synchronicity gave me the courage to book the trip.
Right after booking, I walked to the kitchen to make some tea. There was an oven there with a broken clock. It showed 3:33.
This was the first time I had ever experienced such strong synchronicities. I didn’t know what they meant, but I felt the Universe was showing me I was on the right path.
The next day, I celebrated my birthday with my Couchsurfing host. He baked me a cake and invited some of his friends. It was such a blessing. And the day after, on 11-11, I went on the trip.
The Scottish Highlands turned out to be the most beautiful and magical place I had ever seen.
The guide was wonderful. The group was amazing. And I had incredible experiences there, like this one:
During free time, I was sitting on a bench reading a book. Nearby, there was someone my age.
Out of nowhere, I felt a strong inner pull to talk to them. I had never felt something like that before.
At first, I hesitated. Talking to strangers wasn’t really my thing. But then I looked down at my book and saw a line that said something like:
“Sometimes in life there comes a moment when you must trust your senses unconditionally.”
I thought, “Okay, this is getting ridiculous.”
So I walked over and started a conversation.
We talked for three hours. It was deep and personal.
When it ended, we said goodbye.
Two months later, that person wrote to me, thanking me for the conversation. They explained how it helped them during a very difficult time and even inspired some positive life changes.
That was just one of the many blessings I experienced on this trip.
But the most important blessing was realizing that I wasn’t happy with my job.
This opened me to the idea of quitting if something better appeared. And soon after I returned from the trip, my brother invited me to join him in a new business venture.
Normally, I probably wouldn’t have taken that chance, since a job felt like the safer option. But during this trip, I had learned to trust the invisible guidance. And once again, it was leading me to quit and follow the flow.
So I did. And that’s when my true Spiritual awakening began.
What followed were the most incredible, and at the same time, the hardest three years of my life. A full death and rebirth process.
I’ve written more about that time in my articles About Me and Difficult Awakening.
Fast forward to today. I’m happier than ever.
I no longer believe that material possessions can bring lasting joy.
I feel very connected to my true self (my Soul). This fills me with so much fulfilment that the emptiness I once felt is completely gone.
I get to do what I love every day.
And most of all, I no longer believe this present moment is less important than whatever is coming next.
This moment is all I truly have. And I will do everything I can to honor its sacredness by living it to the fullest.
En Eeke Mai Ea!
I love you so!
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