Mastery Is Made of This

I’ve been reading through a fun series of fantasy fiction novels a friend lent me. I love the insight and life wisdom that fiction can so easily put me in touch with sometimes. 

Courage. Boldness. Empowerment.

Trust. Forgiveness. Release.

Peace. Enjoyment. Love.

Those are all consequences of being on the path to mastery.

Each of us is committed to excellence in one or more areas of our lives. We’re either present to this commitment to excellence to some small or large extent, or we’ve resigned ourselves to a cynical view that we’ll never achieve that excellence.

Last night, reading the latest book in this series, I came across this line: 

“Mastery is made of mistakes.”

Isn’t that so accurate? It’s in making mistakes that we become aware of a gap between where we are and the mastery we aim to achieve.

Mastery is not hindered by mistakes. Mastery is made of mistakes.

I’m committed to mastering being - to me, this is mastering Presence, Peace, Love, Creation, and Joy. I’ve got a lifetime of mistakes behind me and in front of me to guide me along this path to mastery.

What are you committed to mastering in your life? What matters so much to you that even if you spend your life failing at it, it will be worth living your life for it?

Much Love. ❤️