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When You Finally Have Your Life Together

"She believed she could, so she did."

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When stumbling through this thing called life, we oftentimes feel lost. We keep powering through, usually not quite sure of what we are even striving for. Then something magical happens. Everything starts to fall into place just when we think it is spiraling out of control.

There comes a time in life where it all starts to make sense. We realize we are on the right path for our future. This doesn't mean our journey is written in stone for us. But at one moment, we will feel as if we have everything together for once. We may have done well on our finals, landed a job or even something as simple as calling a friend back. But we feel accomplished that we can cross one more thing off our checklist, which is one less thing that we will have to worry about another day.

When this time comes, the sun may shine a little brighter and the sky might seem a little bluer. It boosts our mood for the rest of the day, sometimes even longer. We believe that we can conquer the world.

Sure, rough times will come again. That is inevitable. Highs and lows are simply part of life. But we now feel as if we are ready to take on these challenges. In order to keep moving forward, we are motivated by our tiny accomplishments.

"A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward." — Harvey Mackay

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