hey man lately I've been in a funk I feel like everything is slipping I feel
like I'm not where I should be like I'm not who I'm meant to be I'm
seeing all these other people getting ahead and I'm here feeling like I'm
running without ever really moving forwards I'm on this continuous conveyor
belt stuck in no-man's land stuck in limbo and I'm tired this isn't
where I was meant to be or who I was supposed to be and the deepest feeling
that have is why why am I still here but in all of that frustration and in the
friction of that pain a deep dark part of me speaks and says
is that the best you've got have you genuinely given it your all did you
truly go all chips in and to be honest to be really honest with you a quiet
shameful voice is whispering no no I haven't our society celebrates
conquerors and shames surrender but what if I told you surrender can actually be
a powerful empowering thing what if by surrendering we actually find acceptance
and in that acceptance we become the conquerors that we're seeking now I'm
not talking about giving up let me be clear I'm talking about the kind of
surrender that is about surrendering to the process surrendering to the work the
art the art of being studious Vedic philosophy talks about this that when a
man sets aside his pride and he abandons his ego only then can he truly begin
with earnestness the journey of self-development
as spiritual growth in other words when you reach your
lowest point we become opened to the greatest change I'm not surprised that I
am where I am and you shouldn't be surprised you're getting the results
you're getting because what works for you then it's not gonna work for you now
and amongst the darkness and demons of doubt what you and I what we need to
realize is that we are social machines built but also programmed to repeat
patterns and in the early days these new patterns that we find or dots they bring
us the excitement of new results when you do something new it gives you a new
fix a new result but over time these things decay and it's your job to keep
continually defining yourself to abandon and then enlighten our old selves the
shedding of one show into the next and the next and the next four lifetimes the
only constant in all of this is that things are impermanent so don't hold on
to what is life is like a river and the waters that are still that you're trying
to hold on to are the same waters that crash and swirl around you so change
change and if you want to win if you want to succeed if you want to go beyond
this the choice isn't to exit it's to engage you need to sit down and have an
honest conversation with yourself about the kind of life you want to live the
kind of human being that you want to be the sacrifice and investment that you
are going to have to make in order to get there and above all else above all
else what are the things that you are going to personally get fulfillment from
to stay away from social media for a time if you need to focus on the gold
focus on the mission focus on the vision don't chase things because you think it
might mean that people rate you I want you to rate I want you to do it for you
and nobody else because that's what real success is that's a real like not the
kind that you get from your feed but the kind that you get from the beating of
your own heart your own drum and remember it's okay not to know or to
have it all figured out you don't need a grand map of your reality and your
future your path it's made by walking it so take it one step at a time take it
one moment at a time have micro goals sometimes in life you can't see the
light at the end of the tunnel but you just gotta keep moving forward and I
promise you you will come to a better place
you can spend hours looking for the best phone or the best dress or the best
shoes or the fanciest car but those things they're not gonna bring you
anything but bill so instead if you spend those same hours investing in
yourself I can guarantee you'll get something from it
growth ideas insights every day and this this is what this wonderful life of
yours is all about the process of constantly becoming yourself