I am going to post this quote routinely as a reminder to myself and others who forego the simpler path and dare to chase their dreams. Those that choose to let go of comfort and consistency... Believing against all odds that you truly can make a difference in this world. I post this as a reminder that it will never be an easy path but I promise you, with all sincerity, that it's one worth giving your life to.

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“We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are.

We fear that we actually possess the talent that our still, small voice tells us. That we actually have the guts, the perseverance, the capacity. We fear that we truly can steer our ship, plant our flag, reach our Promised Land.

We fear this because, if it’s true, then we become estranged from all we know. We pass through a membrane. We become monsters and monstrous.

We know that if we embrace our ideals, we must prove worthy of them. And that scares the hell out of us. What will become of us? We will lose our friends and family, who will no longer recognize us. We will wind up alone, in the cold void of starry space, with nothing and no one to hold on to.

Of course this is exactly what happens. But here’s the trick.

We wind up in space, but not alone. Instead we are tapped into an unquenchable, undepletable, inexhaustible source of wisdom, consciousness, companionship.

Yeah, we lose friends. But we find friends too, in places we never thought to look. And they’re better friends, truer friends. And we’re better and truer to them.

Do you believe me?”

The War of Art
Steven Pressfield