“The path of true learning is strewn with rocks, not roses. Anyone who insists on taking the easier way ends up in a fools paradise.” – Jed McKenna
No promises, today…
But I think I can conjure the energy to write this email, and make it worthwhile for both of us.
Let’s see how it goes.
If we fall short, my excuse is that I’m still settling in back home after one of the most intense weekend retreats I’ve ever run.
And, taking my first few steps up the mountain of a two-month personal retreat…
…Where I’ll be living in isolation, eating an extremely restricted diet, avoiding all physical contact, and most external stimulation.
It’s powerful and profound and boring and uncomfortable.
But I am experienced and ready and impossible to break.
So bring it the fxck on.
There we go, the energy is moving now…
…And now that it is, I think what I want to say is this:
To become a warrior, you need to go to war.
Why this is so hard to understand, I have no idea.
But it’s the clear and obvious truth that everyone seems to want to avoid.
We want strength without struggle.
Wisdom without scars.
Respect without worthiness.
The fruits without the labor.
We want to make money without doing the painstaking work of becoming valuable.
We want to discover our life purpose without making the harrowing journey to find it.
We want to find the perfect partner without needing to become one, ourselves.
Which is why, over and over again…
We fail to travel the distance between who we are and who we want to be, because we want to move forward without taking a step.
You cannot enjoy the view from the top of the mountain without making the climb.
And the climb is harder than you think it is.
But, as anyone who has made that climb will tell you:
That is exactly what makes it worth it.
There, I think we did it 🙂
Mission complete.
More tomorrow…
– T
P.S. Yesterday’s video pairs perfectly with today’s message:
