Live Your Truth

by Kamal Ravikant

One thing I’ve learned: we don’t stumble accidentally into an amazing life. It takes decision, a commitment to consistently work on ourselves. The best ones I know, like the two above, they do it daily. A focused practice. They fail, but they pick themselves up, continue forward. If there is any secret, that is it. And over time, the days blend into a life that amazes the world.

All suffering is when we say “no,” when we say, “I want it another way,” when there is no surrender to the present.

Here’s something I’ve learned about truth. When you first discover and live it, it transforms your life. In no uncertain ways. But it doesn’t end there. You cannot stay at the same level as when you first practiced your truth, life won’t let you. Life is entropy. A beautiful chaos. But with rhythm, underpinnings of clockwork. Almost as if designed to push you to the next stage of your growth. Magic happens, expect it. But challenges come. And when that happens, it’s not that your truth failed you or you it. Far from it. This is part of your personal evolution — you need to commit more, you need to go deeper.

Whatever ego you’ve developed, look hard at it. You will find aspects that no longer serve you. Strip away the layers. Be vulnerable. Be open.

Confidence comes from crossing thresholds. That’s it. Once you’ve done something, made that jump, and even if it didn’t turn out the way you thought it would, you’ve lived and faced fears and are here to tell the tale.

I’m starting to believe that our experiences are nothing but a series of gifts and the less we resist them, the better things get. Through the joy, through the pain, through the growth, life is beautiful. I live in a time when I can share my truth across the world with people I will never meet. With the hope that in some way, it creates beauty in their lives. What an amazing gift to me.