What if the path you've been told to follow… isn’t the only one?
You know the story. Go to school. Get the grades. Follow the rules. Finish your exams. Choose a university course. Get a job that pays well. Work hard. Repeat. Retire. Then — maybe — live the life you really want.
But what if life isn't a straight line?
What if you're not here just to fit into a system built long ago — a system designed during the Industrial Age, shaped by powerful families like the Rockefellers, who needed obedient workers, not wild hearts or dreamers? That system wasn't made for creators. It was built to feed factories. That’s history — and it’s still playing out in classrooms today.
But you're not a cog in a machine.
You’re alive now — not just to tick boxes, but to feel, explore, create, and live.
You were born with passions that whisper to you in quiet moments. Hobbies that light you up. Dreams that don’t quite fit into a job description. Questions that no one else seems to be asking. That’s your inner compass — your spirit showing you breadcrumbs. They lead somewhere real. Somewhere only you can go.
Yes, people will ask, "But how will you earn money?"
As if money is the only measure of a life well lived.
The truth? You can create a life that supports you and sets your soul on fire. It takes courage. It takes listening inward (not just to teachers, parents, or influencers, but to your own knowing). The world needs more entrepreneurs, visionaries, builders, makers, healers, musicians, inventors, and storytellers (not just employees who follow instructions).
This isn’t about rejecting school or work.
It’s about choosing consciously — not sleepwalking through a system that was never designed to unleash your full potential.
Follow your curiosity. Question everything. Let creativity lead. Say yes to what feels alive. Say no when something drains your spirit. Take breaks from the noise of screens and trends, and go within. That’s where your true answers are.
You don’t have to have it all figured out. None of us do.
But you do have this moment. And that’s where life happens — in the now.
So, brave one… what makes your heart sing?
Start there.
Reflection prompt:
What would I do differently today if I truly listened to my heart?
If this topic resonates, then I encourage you to listen to the 21st June podcast on All Learning Reimagined when I interview Mikayla, an inspiring teenager who is forging her own path. Mikayla not only directs her own life but has built an International Youth Group for under 21 years to connect and collaborate together.
Enjoy! Teresa 2025
Host of All Learning Reimagined
Excerpt from Mikayla’s poem: The Sky Was Once Blue
'We children and teenagers and adults alike,
Are the up - and - coming generations.
We are the ones who can fix this mess we're in,
So, we are the ones who must fix it.'
The Terra Australis States Assembly TASA International Youth Group Chat is a private place on Telegram where like-minded people under the age of twenty-one can get together and talk about all things that interest them, without feeling like they will be judged by others. It is made for people who are reconveyed or in the process of reconveyance.
Telegram: https://t.me/+BCM-aVutbrBhNjA1
What is Freedom?
Written by Mikayla © 2023. All Rights Reserved
What is freedom when there is always control?
What is freedom if we are always locked down?
What is freedom when it comes back to war?
What is freedom when lives become the cost?
What can be said and not said?
What can be done and not done?
What is allowed and not allowed?
What can be made and not made?
How is freedom free if everything you say is judged, put away?
How is freedom real when you are forced to ‘behave’?
How does freedom work when it was created for war and triumph?
How does freedom react, if there is little of it?
Does ego gain control when it comes into your life?
Do lies become the truth when fear plays a part?
What happened in the past if it has been changed?
Changed only to suit the future.
I am asking this to you because you must question.
If you live your life in fear, does it make you stronger?
This may seem like such a simple query,
But even something as simple as that, really looks deeper for an answer.
If every step that you ever took was tracked to a single point?
Your soul journey, your life path, your destiny.
So does freedom have a role in your story, or does it sit backstage,
Bored and put away?
What is freedom when every light goes out?
What is freedom when cameras are placed around?
What can freedom be if your head is filled with mush?
How does freedom exist, if it isn’t even given a single thought?
Sure, there are people known as ‘freedom fighters’,
But how long do they last?
Sure, history has told some truth,
Then changed to fit this path.
Do you truly understand what is really coming?
Or is it only what you know and don’t know?
Will only time bring an answer to your questions?
Or will you leave them, unanswered?
Does your spirit pound to fight?
Does your heart know what’s right?
Does your greed try to hide that fact that it’s a dark night?
What is freedom if smiles have been swept away, like a creeping wave?
What does freedom own if it has nothing of its own?
Is it possible to give a helping hand?
Is there a chance that the world will come together at last?
Or will history just repeat itself?
Lies and false beliefs to nothing more than zombies?
Please ask yourself, how does freedom really work?
Please question what is reality and not what you perceive.
It’s nothing more than a simple request,
But maybe that way, there’s more you can see.
