0:00 There is no map for where you are going, because you are drawing it as you go.0:09 In our last episode, we talked about the thirty-five thousand choices you make in a day.0:20 Today, we are not thinking about the number of choices, but about the person who has to make them.0:32 You.0:33 This morning is for acknowledging the journey—the progress you’ve already made, the ground you’ve already covered.0:47 This is for the you that is in motion.0:51 So let’s start right there.0:55 With a deep breath.0:57 And let’s begin by looking back, just for a moment.1:03 Not with judgment.1:06 With gratitude.1:08 The person you were a year ago, five years ago… they did the best they could with what they knew.1:20 They made choices that led you here.1:24 Some were brilliant.1:27 Some were painful.1:29 All of them were necessary.1:32 That person deserves your respect.1:36 They kept going.1:38 They got you to this morning.1:42 So let your first act of the day be one of peace with your own past.1:50 Repeat this, and feel the truth of it in your body: I am grateful for every version of me that led to who I am today.2:05 I release the need to punish myself for what I didn't know then.2:13 My past is not a weapon to be used against me.2:18 It is the foundation I am standing on right now.2:24 Okay.2:25 Now, let’s come to the present.2:29 To the here and now.2:31 This moment.2:33 This is the messy middle.2:36 The part that doesn’t always feel like progress.2:42 It feels like work.2:44 It’s the day-in, day-out effort of showing up.2:50 It’s so easy to look at someone else’s highlight reel and compare it to your behind-the-scenes footage.3:03 We’re not doing that today.3:06 Today, you honor the process.3:09 Your process.3:11 The courage it takes to be unfinished.3:16 To be a masterpiece and a work in progress at the exact same time.3:24 Say this with me.3:26 Let it land.3:28 My worth is not waiting at a finish line.3:33 I am worthy right now, in the middle of the work.3:39 Today, I will focus on the next right step, not the entire staircase.3:47 My energy is a precious resource, and I choose to spend it on progress, not on the illusion of perfection.4:00 I am allowed to be learning.4:04 I am allowed to be evolving.4:07 And finally.4:09 Let’s turn toward what’s next.4:13 Not with fear.4:14 Not with a need to control every outcome.4:19 But with trust.4:21 You have a track record.4:24 You’ve faced uncertainty before and you found your way through.4:32 You’ve been confused before and you found clarity.4:38 You’ve been knocked down and you got back up.4:44 The person you are becoming is capable.4:49 You don’t need to have all the answers for them.4:54 You just need to trust that they will be able to find them when the time comes.5:04 This is not blind faith.5:07 It is earned confidence.5:10 Breathe this in.5:12 This is your strength.5:15 I trust the person I am becoming.5:19 I have handled difficult things before, and I will handle them again.5:28 The uncertainty I feel is not a sign that I am lost.5:34 It is a sign that I am growing.5:38 I am building a future I can’t yet see, and I have everything I need for the work of today.5:49 So here you are.5:51 At the beginning of this day.5:55 You are not the same person who went to sleep last night.6:02 Something in you has shifted.6:05 Something has been learned.6:09 Something has been let go.6:12 That is the nature of growth.6:15 It is quiet.6:17 It is constant.6:19 And it is happening inside you right now.6:24 The goal isn’t to have a perfect day.6:28 The goal is to have a real one.6:32 To be present for your own life.6:36 You are not starting over.6:39 You are starting from experience.
