Tis is what I would be willing to step out of it to achieve: ep out of it to achieve:
Everything you have written in these pages, you already knew. Everything you have written in these pages, you already knew. Ev-ery time
ery time you read something that made you feel like everything wasyou read something that made you feel like everything was beautiful and all of the loose ends seemed to finally tie up in your beautiful and all of the loose ends seemed to finally tie up in your mind—that was your soul talking. It was saying yes, I told you.
mind—that was your soul talking. It was saying yes, I told you.
Y
Your feelings are always valid; they are very often not real. our feelings are always valid; they are very often not real. YYou can-ou can-not bring chaos
not bring chaos into your life by worrinto your life by worrying. ying. WWorrying orrying attracts moreattracts more worrying, not more trauma.
worrying, not more trauma. YYou can, howeverou can, however, r, rob yourself of yourob yourself of your best years with the illusion that the worrying keeps you safe. It best years with the illusion that the worrying keeps you safe. It doesn’t. We will be temporarily screwed at some points and end up doesn’t. We will be temporarily screwed at some points and end up okay in the end…whether we
okay in the end…whether we worry or not.worry or not.
If someone says they don’t want a relationship, believe them. If you If someone says they don’t want a relationship, believe them. If you do your best and work your hardest and don’t get anywhere, try do your best and work your hardest and don’t get anywhere, try headin
heading somewg somewhere else. Yhere else. You don’ou don’t have t have to work hto work hard; your purpard; your purposeose will feel effortless.
will feel effortless.
It will require dedication, which should also feel pretty innate.
It will require dedication, which should also feel pretty innate.
Anything
Anything else else you you do do to to generate generate tension tension and and chaos chaos is is a a way way toto disconnect from yourself. Your ongoing problems aren’t problems, disconnect from yourself. Your ongoing problems aren’t problems, they are loves. You can’t let them go because they serve you in some they are loves. You can’t let them go because they serve you in some way you
way you dondon’’t consciously rt consciously recognize. ecognize. FigurFigure out what e out what need they areneed they are feeding,
feeding, and theyand they’ll ’ll dissolve effortlesslydissolve effortlessly.. Y
Your our whole whole life life is is an an unfolding. unfolding. ItIt’’s s not not about about finally finally getting getting toto where y
where you want ou want to be to be but realizbut realizing you ing you have always have always been there. been there. It isIt is realizing you are already the
realizing you are already the person you dream of, you already haveperson you dream of, you already have the power you crave, the happiness that you’ve been waiting for has the power you crave, the happiness that you’ve been waiting for has been in f
been in front of you the whole time, and the life you’ve dreamed ofront of you the whole time, and the life you’ve dreamed of was accessible f
was accessible from the moment you conceived of it.rom the moment you conceived of it.
It was only you that was holding you back.
It was only you that was holding you back.
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