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Franco Wong's avatar

"You were never lost." isn't it what all we need to know?

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Zhenya Zerkalenkov's avatar

Right? I feel like knowing and understanding this one thing in one’s life is such a big relief.

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Franco Wong's avatar

too often we think the answers are out there, and we are trying to search for it. and this is such a big lesson for me, thinking as a dad, to tell my kids that, "hey, you are never lost and the answers are already inside you."

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Zhenya Zerkalenkov's avatar

Yeah, we’re always out there searching, aren’t we? Maybe it feels like it’d be “too easy” if we already had all the answers. It took me a while to realize that the answers are actually inside us because what we’re searching for outside is already within. I think this paradox doesn't make understanding this idea any easier 😅

When I was a kid and heard, "hey, you're never lost, the answers are already inside you," I didn’t fully get it. I kind of understood, but it felt like there was a piece of the puzzle missing. I think that piece is realizing we’re not separate from everything around us—we’re actually part of it. But it’s tough to see that clearly when we grow up in a world that constantly teaches us otherwise.

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Alexandra Mateus's avatar

Love this perspective, Zhenya. "Follow what feels alive, not what “defines” you." - saved in my notebook quotes to inspire me the most for when I need an extra boost. ;)

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Zhenya Zerkalenkov's avatar

Thank you, Alexandra! :)

I really should start a notebook for quotes too.

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Alexandra Mateus's avatar

Let's go! :) 🙌

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