Purpose and perseverance

Tuesday, December 8

A message our society often pushes is that if it’s not working for you, leave it.

The job, the relationship, the process, the team, the community, etc.

If it doesn’t make you feel comfortable, if it doesn’t seem to be serving your current interests, if it isn’t working out exactly how you thought it would, then quit.

What if the journey isn’t about your comfort? What if things not going according to your plan is actually part of the plan?

What if the process isn’t supposed to serve you, but shape you?

The problem with this line of thinking is that we constantly start and quit and start and quit and start and quit, with the quitting being based on our level of comfort or expectations not being met. That cycle doesn’t build strength, it builds weakness. It leads to making decisions based on your preferences, not your purpose.

What if, instead of worrying about if it’s comfortable or if it’s serving you or if it’s exactly how you wanted it to be, you just kept going? You stayed in the game? You kept showing up and doing the work and making progress - no matter how slow or small the progress is?

What if unlocking your potential is dependent on doing hard things, not comfortable things? Stay in the process long enough for the work to work.

Your potential is on the other side of perseverance.
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Keep chopping wood. 🪵🪓

-Kevin