Hey there, friend.

There are many phases of life. We all go through each one of them.

You will experience phases where your challenges surpass your threshold for stress, where you are pushed to your absolute limit, and where you feel alone and confused.

There will also be phases of life where you are surrounded by love and support, where you feel balanced and content, and where you somehow discover a level of happiness and fulfillment you didn’t think was possible for you.

This is life. It’s all encompassing, riveting, disappointing, heartbreaking, fulfilling, sometimes boring, and more brilliant than any of us could dream up.

No phase of life is better or more important than another. They all serve to teach you.

Each phase is worthy of your recognition, enthusiasm, gratitude, and willingness to give everything your best shot.

The purpose of every phase is simple: to help you grow a little bit more in the direction of your best self.

Here’s the thing…

Life is always shifting, reconstructing, changing, and getting better (even if your definition of “better” doesn’t perfectly match what you are currently experiencing and feeling at this moment).

Your job, no matter what life is throwing your way, is to look around and find the good. To try and see what you can feel grateful for. To figure out what you can love.

If you don’t like where you are in your career at the moment, then the task at hand is clear: find what you can enjoy and appreciate about your job, even if it’s only a very small portion of your day.

Maybe there is only ONE thing you like about your job. This is not to be overlooked. Lean into it.

If you feel like you never see your friends anymore, then take it as a challenge to see one good friend per month.

Seeing a friend just once a month is all it takes to feel a little less lonely. Can you keep this small promise to yourself? Remember that friendships in adulthood look different than they do when we are younger. Life is long; keep your good friends close to your heart.

If nothing feels as exciting in your life as it once did, I urge you to rediscover your inner child.

Make a point of allowing yourself to feel thrilled over the normal, everyday things of life. Get ecstatic over your morning cup of coffee. Say hello to the dog that walks past you on your way to the store. Let yourself feel pure delight over that new recipe you’re practicing.

Life can get wonderful for you, if you decide life can be wonderful.

It’s all about your micro decisions based on your big beliefs. What do you believe life should be like for you? And in what ways can you choose this life for yourself, every single day, in small yet intentional ways?

Happiness is just recognizing the small joys of life, over and over again.

With gratitude,

📚 #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
🎧 Host of the On Purpose Podcast
🙏 Former Monk

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