So if you’re stuck at a dead-end job, or surrounded by negative friends, I want you to do something scary and lonely. I want you to look for a way out. Enter your mind. Picture the depths of your cave of horrors. The gloom and poison and darkness your life possesses. Now tell me, how do you escape? You climb. You search for the light and oxygen and freedom and you climb ‘til your hands are raw and knees are bloody, ‘til you can barely breathe and hope is a memory. You climb. Some of you will be lucky. Some of you will find fortunes just around the bend. Some are already so blessed, but the rest… the rest must fight. Whether you rely on God, on each other, or on the comforting rhythm of your own heartbeat, you must remember that there is something better and sometimes the journey itself is the true destination. We are a species of seekers. We are builders, strivers, connectors.
Settle not on what seems inevitable. Accept not what is unworthy. There are billions of people in this world, every one more curious than the last. Every single one of them wants to feel important, needed, cared for. When you have a dream, people want to be part of it, for the success of one is the success of the group. Connect with people, reach out, talk to strangers, compliment them, email leaders, and never think you are less than you are. We all start exactly the same. We all end exactly the same.
The next time you’re asking for advice, listen to yourself first. Every life needs a few Hail Marys, every life needs a little common sense, but above all else, every life needs courage. To know your fate is a cruel trick, but to be able to write the journey we make is the greatest gift of all. I beg of you, do not squander that.
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