Instead, put that energy into making the best choices we can today, rooted in who we are and what we want. Haig’s story is one that will have you considering your own life choices-especially the ones you think you got “wrong.” We can never know what the outcomes of alternate choices would be, and there’s no point in wasting time in this life thinking, worrying, and regretting. Whereas in every other life she had been continually grasping for clues and feeling like she was acting, in this one she increasingly found that the more she relaxed into it, the more things came to her. There’s more attracting, and less striving: And when we start to find the right one, I believe things get easier. You don’t have to live multiple lives to live the wrong one. When really success isn’t something you measure, and life isn’t a race you can win. Because too often our view of success is about some external bullshit idea of achievement – an Olympic medal, the ideal husband, a good salary. … what we consider to be the most successful route for us to take, actually isn’t. There is no one race, no one prize, no real victor: “Success” is something we should define for ourselves. And don’t give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. ‘If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. A good reminder about authenticity-especially that most gossip is envy in disguise:
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