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

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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The same is true in adulthood, but over the course of a
few decades, the world tends to have a way of beating
the magic out of you. If you really want to enjoy life, you
have to make time to do what you loved when you were
young. Paint, play in the sand, play games you love, and be
creative for the sake of it.
If that all sounds childish, good. It means you’re ready
to reconcile with your inner child who is and always has
been there all along. Enjoying life is living it out in both
the simplest and most transformative ways possible. Part
of that is simply letting yourself show up and be who and
how you are.
BECOMING A MASTER OF YOURSELF
When you get to the end of your life, you will begin to see
your mountains for what they really were. Gifts.
When you look back on your life, you won’t remember the
hardships. You’ll see them then as pivot points, growth
opportunities, the days of awakening right before everything
changed.
To become a master of oneself is first to take radical and
complete responsibility for your life. This includes even
that which is beyond your control. A true master knows
that it is not what happens, but the way one responds, that
determines the outcome.