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The Heavy Lift of Authenticity: Why True Liberation Demands Your Own Labor

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The Heavy Lift of Authenticity: Why True Liberation Demands Your Own Labor https://www.spreaker.com/episode/carry-your-own-water--72500230 Let’s stop playing polite. We live in an era where everyone wants the refreshing taste of victory, but nobody wants to walk the miles to the well to get it. We’ve become comfortable, spoiled by a society that hands us pre-packaged conveniences, algorithms that think for us, and spaces that insulate us from the beautiful, necessary discomfort of growth. But here is the hard truth we have to face as a people: Originality don’t come from normal. If you are looking at the state of the world and feeling mad, sad, or scared about where we are heading, the remedy isn’t begging for a sip from someone else’s cup. The remedy is self-mastery. In this episode of Gye-Nyame Journey Radio, we break down an ancient truth that will shake up your entire paradigm: Once you carry your own water, you remember every drop. Think about it. When you have to carry a heavy-as...

Discouragement

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Sometimes I get discouraged... I have heard this over and over again in my studies, and being on this Journey, I have  felt it. This feeling can strike at the strangest time, but I like those before me I need to push on. I am in the beginning stages of writing another book. The Idea came to me complete with a title and the first thing that hit me was the feeling that accompanies discouragement and self doubt. The negative question began to hit me from the inside as well as the outside. The book will be about the Journey to success, although I have dealt with this topic in my other books, this book will deal with it more directly and be more universal in scope. The first negative thought hit me and tormented me for the first day, after I put the title on my thinking board (will speak on the "Thinking Board" in an upcoming blog). The question was what gave me the right to write about success? I was embarrassed by the question and images of other people asking me the same questi...