Pressure, as in those burdens we sometimes feel as we navigate life,

it's complex.

It's powerful, but like all powerful things, also delicate.

That same pressure that creates diamonds,

and create diamonds it does,

well it can also remind you that in the meantime

you are beneath the surface,

buried away amidst that process of creation.

In other words, pressure is a beautiful driver because it is, in many ways, a standard of excellence, of more.

It pushes us towards a life of abundance like

wind at our backs. But see, two things can be true at once. And it's impossible to look at the

word more without acknowledging that in order for more to exist, something must be lacking in the present.

And there lies the challenge.

Pressure gone too far becomes a feeling of inadequacy.

The same driver to explore the depths of one's potential

can also, if mismanaged, take them to the spiral

of never enough.

See, you are a brilliant human being with natural strengths and talents and while certainly imperfect, we all have

something to offer the world. This floating rock is a better place because you are on it. And as we go

about figuring out what it all means and how to bring it to life, we have to also understand the nuance.

We want to get better every day,

not because we lack value in the present,

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