The dream isn’t achieving a certain thing or reaching a certain milestone.

The dream is never giving up. The dream is the pursuit. The dream is the struggle along the way.

“You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures.”

― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic

The hustle, the struggle, the pain – they are the achievements.

You don’t play a game to win, you play a game to play.

And you’re already playing the game.

You have permission to stop fighting the crippling feeling of ‘not being there yet’. You are already here. Welcome. You’ve arrived! (And you’ve been here all along).

Breathe out.

No matter how far away your end goal seems, there’s no doubt:

You’ve already made it.