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Dark Nights Of The Soul: Analyzing The Gate Keeper Known As, “What The Fuck?!”
The more dark nights of the soul you successfully live through, the less you have in common with those who will forever live with regret. You must pick your poison.
At this point I am learning to chase those moments when I am absolutely lost, frustrated, annoyed, and saying, “What the fuck am I doing?” to myself. These are known as dark nights of the soul, and they are sacred gate keepers to your success. Everyone isn’t built to embrace them and the knowledge and clarity they provide, let alone pass through their gates.
While the average person hates encountering any situation where they are questioning if they should keep going, I choose to put a positive spin on these unavoidable durations of discomfort and uncertainty.
The positive spin is that chasing those “What the fuck?!” feelings is actually leading you to the breakthroughs you are working so hard to achieve. They are designed to push you to the brink of insanity where you are forced to ask yourself if you should keep going or turn back around and quit to join the many people who couldn’t pass their own personal dark night initiations.
The more dark nights of the soul you successfully live through, the less you have in common with those who will forever live with regret. You…