••• 🔮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. ~•~ In separating yourself from the rest and rising above the competition, you must know what you want, where you come from, and who you are. Those who have succeeded in their endeavors understand this deeply, as those who still are pursuing their dreams should. We all start somewhere. We all once knew nothing. As we learn, we meet opposition. Trusted ones abandon us, maybe even betray us. People we looked up to count us out. We are told what to do instead, shown alternate paths, sold dreams that were never going to be ours. Maybe we get lost or turn around or find ourselves back at the place where we began. Even when you finally plug your ears and create your own path, with only your shadow as company and footprints as proof of progress, the voice of doubt—that was never yours to begin with—will stay. It will return, always. But why did you choose such a path in the first place? Why did you take that first step, the one th...