As I was sleeping last night, the image below flashed in my mind. The feeling I had was one of victory. When we don’t get lost in our struggles or stuck in a place of learned helplessness we come out the other side as a stronger and more resilient person who is well equipped to deal with lifes challenges. Victory is the ultimate feeling of trusting oneself where you push away that which doesn’t serve you and allow that which does. In this place you understand who you are and where you’re going and you are no longer stuck in the justification game. You say YES to yourself and what you truly stand for. 

As I was writing this I had a flash of an episode of The Rugrats where Chuckie had a fear of going down a slide which resulted in a breakdown. Later on, he eventually faced his fear with the help of his friends and screamed the whole way down. When he reached the bottom though he remembered how fun it actually was and cheerfully slid down it all over again. I thought this was a really interesting example that came to me intuitively as it showed that you should never give up because when you push through the tunnel of darkness.. victory will be waiting for you at the end.