Picture this: There are two plateaus, separated by a deep, steep canyon with a turbulent river rushing far below.
The Canyon Between Worlds
On one side, you see a world of scarcity. People there get just enough to survive – and even that isn’t always guaranteed. They receive what they urgently need, but their situation never really improves. In fact, there’s a very slow decline happening, though most aren’t aware of it. People are gradually weakening over time. Fear dominates this place. People fear each other because they believe they can’t afford to be kind and caring to those around them.
On the other side lies a completely different world – one of abundance. Fewer people live there, but they move with confidence, trusting they’ll always receive what they need for their next step. This confidence allows them to share what they have and support each other. Here, everybody is gaining strength and growing. Happiness prevails.
Preventing Your Overdue Step
Now, this canyon isn’t very wide. At a few spots, someone could even try to jump across. And people do try. But most of them fall into the river below.
At these possible crossing points, there are guards and billboards with stern warnings: „DANGER! Crossing is far too dangerous! Every attempt leads to almost certain death!“
If someone lingers too long near these crossing spots, or talks too often about jumping, they’re declared mentally disturbed and suicidal. They get taken to psychiatric wards, treated with all kinds of drugs to bring them back to „normality.“
But still, some people dare to jump toward that other world. Most who try do make it to the other side… only to slide down into the canyon, tumbling toward the river below.
The Fallen Jumpers
From the scarcity side, people scream: „I told you so!“ „You deserve it!“ They fret about the jumper’s stupidity and irresponsible behavior.
People on the abundance side? They observe silently, often smiling. They know something the others don’t. Down by that river, there are hidden paths. Challenging and difficult, yes, but they lead up to their world. And they know there are guides down there – people looking for new arrivals, ready to offer help to those willing to take up the challenges and grow.
They appreciate these fallen jumpers because they understand: these souls made a conscious choice to reject that life of scarcity and continuous fighting. The guides lead them along hidden routes, making sure nobody can observe from above what’s happening deep in the canyon.
The Hidden Paths
Here’s the remarkable thing: those who dared to reject that life of scarcity couldn’t return to that old place even if a helicopter came to rescue them. They’ve changed too much. But their decision – that seemingly „catastrophic“ action – gave them the strength and wisdom to find the hidden path and follow it, slowly moving into the world of abundance, growing along the way to become one of those confident, kind, and caring people on the other side.
Edison’s 1,000 Experiments
Now let me ask you something. Do you know how many experiments Thomas Edison conducted before he created a functioning light bulb? Over 1,000. Some say as many as 3,000 attempts.
Can you imagine what people were saying about him during those experiments?
- There goes Edison again, wasting time and money on another crazy contraption.
- He’s tried this hundreds of times already – when will he give up this foolishness?
- The man’s obsessed. Someone should talk sense into him.
- Electric light? Ridiculous! We have perfectly good gas lamps.
- He’s going to bankrupt himself with these wild ideas.
- There are so many hungry people around here. He should give the money to them instead of wasting it on his pipe dreams.
Picture the social pressure, the whispered conversations, the headshaking, the eye-rolling. The well-meaning friends and family urging him to be „realistic“ and „practical.“
Yet Edison kept going. Not because he was stubborn or foolish, but because he understood something profound.
The Secret Sauce
Here’s the secret sauce: You must find your own path and have the courage to follow it – regardless of people’s laughter, thumbs down, and challenges. Never give up. Take every episode on your path as an invaluable lesson, not as an accident or catastrophe.
This mindset will bring you wherever you belong in this life.
Edison didn’t see 999 failures. He saw 999 ways that didn’t work, each one bringing him closer to the way that would. Every „failed“ experiment was actually a successful elimination of one more wrong path.
Your Soul Knows the Way
The people who jumped toward abundance and fell into the canyon? They didn’t fail either.
- They succeeded in breaking free from the prison of scarcity thinking.
- They succeeded in choosing growth over safety.
- They succeeded in listening to their souls over the crowd’s warnings.
Your soul knows your canyon. It knows your other side. It knows you don’t belong where fear tells you to stay.
The question isn’t whether you’ll face challenges, criticism, or seeming failures along the way. You will. The question is: Will you see them as Edison did? As the canyon jumpers did? As necessary steps on the path to where you truly belong?
The Call to Courage
Your transformation is calling. The path is there, even when it’s hidden. The guides are waiting, even when you can’t see them. What will you choose?
This is Eve Brownyz, reminding you that every expert was once a beginner, and every master was once a disaster. Your path is valid, your soul knows the way, and your next step is waiting for your courage.
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Don’t let your next step remain overdue!
