Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact Podcast. I'm Justin Sua.

Episode 2013. I came across an article, kind of just, yeah, it's an article written by Hal Ryder.

I don't know that someone sent it to me. I don't know, I don't know where we can find it.

But it's entitled, Everything Happens for a Reason. And here it goes, quote, everything, your highs, your lows, your happiest

moments, and the most painful ones, your failures and your successes, your losses and your gains.

Just remember, people can't come in and out of your life for no reason. The lessons you learn

and the growth at which you experience is never spontaneous. It's always meant to be. There's a higher

purpose, a goal, a final destination or a peak in your journey that you will have no idea

until you reach it. But for that,

you need to climb the mountain. For that, you need to look for a deeper meeting. For that,

you need to pay attention to everything and everyone around you, especially those that love you

and leave you. There are some lessons that only people and their existence can

give you. There are some lessons that only pain can bring out. There are some lessons that the

biggest joys of your life will reveal to you. And there are some lessons that you never knew

were lessons until they walked out of your life.

Think about it.

Only then will you stop treating your growth as an accident and start appreciating it as the most beautiful journey created just for you.

Close quote.

That might be worth going back and listening to again.

There's a lot of information and principles

packed in this little article. And I guess my question for the day is, what sentence really

resonated with you? And the second part is, what are aspects of your current journey

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