Know that as your mind lies awake at night rolling through the cinema of your life, it will never be enough.
Life isn’t about achievement. It’s about the dreams, the struggle, the learning. It’s about working towards a goal. That moment of triumph after achievement is fleeting. That feeling of accomplishment that you reach for will be temporary. Once you’ve achieved one goal, your mind will send you searching for another. It’s an endless journey… until one day it’s not. One day it will end. It will probably not end as neat and tidy as we all hope and imagine. There won’t be a tearing across the finish line in exaltation that ends the cinema of our lives while the credits roll and the audience erupts in applause. We may go out satisfied as we look back on our lives, or we may die full of regrets and “should haves”.
Triumph rolls in and out, yet life goes on planning the next scene; preparing for a plot twist here and there guaranteed to make you question your decisions and re- evaluate your life. Your life unfolds in ways you hadn’t planned, down avenues you never dreamed you’d travel, but it’s all okay. You’re along for the ride. Enjoy the scenery. Look around and take it all in. Expect there to be troubles, struggles, and growth, but there will also be routines and unexpected beauty. Cherish it all.
Yours is a story in the making-the ultimate screenplay with you as the starring role. Your role is a role of motion, contemplation, and hopefully acceptance; full of bit players that enhance your character along the way. Yours is the role of a lifetime-your own. You’ll find yourself plummeting to the depths of despair. What good movie doesn’t? But like all good movies, hopefully you’ll rise up in the end.
Just don’t take it all too seriously. Even Academy Award winning movies are not loved by all. Be your best. Know that you’ll never be perfect and it will never be enough.
And that’s okay.
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