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How do you move forward when you keep stumbling back?

How do you stay the course with a dimming North Star?

I used to think at a certain point life would become easier. I'd have it all mapped out. I've been searching for that moment, over and over again. I feel my way through the dark, still no glimmer of direction.

Frustration sets in.

This week I've had a few clues to get me on the right track.

-when given the choice between letting tension set in and breathing it out...pop in a mint and let it out baby

-when you find yourself eating for no reason at all, you're feeding your emotions instead of listening...as you pause to listen, you find you have a different hunger

-this world is out to break you any way it knows how...but only if you let it...it's not until you're nearly broken, when you realize what you're made of

-small things will add up if you don't take score...it sounds backwards but the more you try to tally the tinier they seem...don't steel their thunder, just take the moment and live in it

-there's a little voice inside all of us that resonates a very specific, very reasonable request...just show up...

and that's all we have to do