Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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LETTING GO OF UNREALISTIC
EXPECTATIONS
It is not that brave to say you love your body only after you’ve
contorted it to precisely what you want it to look like.
It is not that brave to say you don’t care about possessions
when you have access to everything in the world.
It is not that brave to say you aren’t motivated by money
when you have enough of it.
When you only find happiness and peace after you’ve
fixed every flaw, mastered every challenge, and are living
decidedly in the “after” part of the picture of your life, you
have not resolved anything.
You have only reinforced the idea that you cannot be okay
until everything is perfect.
The truth is that you do not change your life when you fix
every piece and call that healing.
You change your life when you start showing up exactly
as you are. You change your life when you become comfortable
with being happy here, even if you want to go
forward. You change your life when you can love yourself
even though you don’t look exactly the way you want to.
You change your life when you are principled about money
and love and relationships, when you treat strangers as