Day Twelve: Inner work.
We all want results. Growth. Peace. Purpose. Love.
But here’s the truth: none of it lasts if we’re not willing to do the inner work.
I’m talking about the hard stuff. The difficult journey of looking in the mirror when it would be easier to point the finger. Sitting with the discomfort instead of numbing it away. Naming the fears that are quietly running the show.
The world is loud. Fast. Distracting.
It’ll keep you busy forever, chasing all the right things in all the wrong ways. But, eventually, you hit a wall. Or the bottom drops out. Or, someone you love holds up a mirror you can’t ignore.
That’s where the real work begins.
The inner work isn’t sexy. You don’t get applause for it. There’s no metric for it. But it’s the only way to build something real. Something rooted.
You learn to tell the truth. To forgive what you thought you never could. To take radical ownership of your life. To break old patterns. To choose love over fear, again and again.
And, yeah, it’s messy. But it’s holy ground. Because when you do the work, you become someone worth trusting. Worth following. Worth being in the trenches with.
You stop living for appearances. You start living with intention. And everything on the outside finally starts to reflect the strength you’ve built within.
So if you're stuck, start there. Go inward.
It’s the journey, we all must take.
Mantra \ Prayer:
Today, I will live from the inside out.
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Steve Knox | Carmel, CA