From Striving to Receiving: Learning to Say Yes to Life’s Invitations
For most of my life, I didn’t realize how much I was striving.
Not just for achievement, but for validation. To be helpful. To make an impact. To feel worthy.
That striving wore many masks: ambition, service, responsibility, hustle. But underneath it all was the subtle belief that I wasn’t enough as I was. That I needed to do more in order to be more.
Striving often looks noble on the outside. It gets praised and rewarded. But it can also disconnect us from the deeper current of life—from the part of us that knows how to listen, to trust, to allow.
Over the last few years, something in me has shifted. The striving softened. Seeking emerged. Not desperate or demanding seeking, but a quieter curiosity. A desire to move through life with more openness, more alignment, more attunement to what feels true.
And then, something surprising happened.
When I stopped striving and started seeking, I began receiving.
Not because I tried harder—but because I was finally willing to say yes to what life was offering. And now it’s offering up an experience I’ve been dreaming about for years.