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“You already are what you want to become.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
Everything you wish to become or change is within you. There is no need to look externally for what is already inside. A seed does not have to search or do anything to become a tree. The potential is within the seed, sowed into its very fabric at the time of creation. The same goes for you.
Stop striving, chasing, and trying, these will lead you nowhere. All that is required of you is to simply be. All potential and capability exist within you similar to the tree inside the seed. If you desire to bring them forward all you need to do is make the decision to do so and be yourself.
An overweight person searches for a new diet fad or gym hack to get into better shape. They desperately look everywhere for a hidden secret, while the muscular and healthy body they desire exists within them already underneath the layers of fat. It’s a decision. A decision to become who we know we already are inside.
A lion knows its purpose, king of the jungle. The alpha wolf understands its purpose, leader of the pack. Similar to the lion and wolf, you know your purpose as well but the difference between the two and yourself is they aren’t striving or attempting.
Your mentality and mindset deserve more attention than you allot to it. A seed that does not receive the proper amount of water, sunlight, and soil will never be what it is capable of becoming.
Ensure in your own life the conditions surrounding you are optimized to help guide what already exists within you. In addition, get out of your own way. Remove the limitations you put upon yourself and eliminate self-doubt and hate.
If you cannot help yourself do not expect others to be able to do what you cannot. You are the master and student. Go and fail, then reconvene, learn what mistakes you made and focus on what was good.
Look within, do not try just do. You are already what you need and enough. Nothing more is required. Everything else will take care of itself or it is already done. Go forward and offer what is within you to the world and fulfill your purpose.
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