Thread by @ErwanLeCorre

Sunlight, soil, water, plants…coffee…children, family, love, creative work, happiness, health…

This morning I’m remembering the long path it took to be able to enjoy what I enjoy today. The patience, commitment, the mistakes, the frustration, the hard choices, the work…

So much could be said. I remember working in a car factory, renting a 85 sq. ft room with a shared bathroom because I couldn’t afford anything better. I remember 2 decades of sentimental solitude. I remember being in several aspects a social outcast.

Nothing that I enjoy on my life today was given to me, not by people that is. It was all patiently earned, it was all patiently created and build.

You can manufacture your circumstances if you stay focused instead of getting distracted, if you’re looking for solutions rather than excuses, if you keep steadily affirming instead of relentlessly whining, if you keep believing instead of entertaining doubt.

Nobody’s gonna knock at your door to bring you all that you want…unless it is yourself. Whatever you think you deserve, you’ve got to go get it.

There’s a wealth of self-growth in such a path. You want to acquire inner strength? Follow that path. You want to develop patience? Follow that path. You want to know what you’re made of? Follow that path. You want to experience an authentic life? Follow that path.

The kind of success that you personally pursue and obtain is strictly yours. It is unique to you. But it makes a difference between growing up old dissatisfied and frustrated, bitter or sad, and growing UP. Having given your very best to this phenomenal opportunity we call LIFE.