Sometimes we wonder why we do all this hard work.

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Going through our deepest trauma and feeling those unprocessed feelings.

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We work on ourselves and then more stuff comes up.

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Staying on the path can be challenging when there doesn't seem to be an end in sight.

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How many times do we have to feel raw and vulnerable?

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Why do I have to keep processing these long forgotten painful times of my life?

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When we commit to the path of self development we sometimes don't know what we're in for.

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And as we explore and examine and transform who we are, it can get tiring at moments.

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We can lose the desire to continue when we feel as if we're not getting anywhere.

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It can seem like our internal work is a bottomless pit of knots to unwind.

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Being disheartened is not unusual or unexpected.

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Until something amazing happens.

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That moment when suddenly we see the result of all of our effort.

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Perhaps it is a miracle in our health.

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Or we finally meet the person of our dreams.

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Maybe that opportunity we always wanted to be able to shine on stage or in our community just magically shows up.

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That's when we can look back at the long and winding road we have been on and know it was worth it.

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This transformation may seem to come out of the blue, yet in reality it was something we had been cultivating the whole time.

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While we were distracted doing our work and digging in deep, we were also healing and growing.

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The miracle we just experienced did not come out of no where.

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Indeed, we had been paving the path for it to show for many years.

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All those dark nights of the soul we endured was for this very moment.

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The tears we shed, the pain we felt, it was all for something more than we could have imagined.

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For when we step upon the path of growth we truly have no idea where it will lead us.

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It is only in hindsight that we can see clearly the great service we have be doing for ourselves.

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So when the days seem dark and the times feel so challenging, know that there is something more waiting for us.

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We are not meant to suffer through our lives.

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And life will reward us in ways we can't fathom at the moment.

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Stay on the path, keep moving forward.

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It is the only way to see what miracles are in store for us!

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So what can you hold on to when you are struggling to keep your spirits up?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour