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

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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Because the truth is that we do not want what is not right
for us; we are simply attached to it. We are simply afraid.
We are simply stuck in the assumption that nothing better
will replace it, that its absence will open up a well of
endless, infinite suffering for which there will be no solution.
We do not want what is not right for us; we are just
scared to let go of what we believe will make us secure.
The funny part is there is nothing that makes us more insecure
than hanging around what isn’t right for us. There’s
nothing that will collapse faster. There’s nothing that will
bring us inner turmoil quite like it.
What is not right for you will never remain in your life,
and not because there are forces beyond us navigating the
minutiae of our everyday lives. What is not right for you
will not remain with you because deep down, you know
it’s not right. You are the one who eventually lets go, sees
reality, and walks away. You are the one resisting, you are
the one holding back, you are the one concocting healing
fantasies about how great it will be when you force something
wrong to finally be right.
What is not right for you does not remain with you because
you don’t want it, and so you don’t choose it. You
step away when you are ready, you let go when you are
able, and you realize, all along, that all you were really
in love with was a little trick of the light that made you
feel safe.