Every once in a while, for a brief moment in time, we need to pause.

We need to take a breath and ask ourselves who we are.

Of course, not in the literal sense, not the reflection staring back in the mirror.

But in the context of the road you've already traveled, how far you've come.

Because it's easy to become consumed with what's ahead,

especially when you can start to feel that finish line.

You can see the top of the mountain.

When you know everything is about to be on the line,

your greatest test await.

But here's one of the greatest secrets I've ever been told.

That test is not about right now.

It's not even about the future.

It's about the foundation you've already been building and trusting yourself to be you.

It's all those times you could have said no, but you didn't.

How you, like so many others, could have taken that easy road, but you opted for something greater.

No, my friend, this obstacle before you is not where you prove or make or create yourself.

It's where you simply verify who you already are.

Cash in on a prize that's been years in the making.

It's where you validate the price you've been paying for as long as you can remember.

And what you need to take with you, what you need to understand right now more than any other time,

is that you aren't here to simply survive or navigate foreign territory.

No, you were made for this moment.

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