You Are Hidden Treasure, Never Stop Seeking

Sometimes, you have to sever the ego and return to who you truly are.

Start with honesty. If a situation keeps presenting itself, it’s a lesson in disguise. Recognise it. Choose differently.

We are constantly being sold a false reality—manipulated by media, by societal expectations. See it for what it is. Return to your inner wisdom. We create our own mess by clinging to rigid ideas of how life should unfold.

Be flexible. Be light. Expand.

Stretch your awareness beyond the limits of your old beliefs. Eckhart Tolle speaks of accepting the present moment as if you had chosen it. This is the power of now. Each morning, you are reborn.

Every day, you can begin again—making choices that pull you closer to your purpose.

What you desire has always been within you. Sometimes, it reveals itself subtly, like a horse emerging through the mist. Other times, it demands to be seen. But no one else can give you what you need.

Pick yourself up. Start seeking.

Through that journey, you will realise that you are your greatest strength.

Your destiny is yours to shape.

Once you accept this, once you embrace the freedom of it, everything begins to unfold.

But you must trust the free fall.

"Fall like an eagle," a loved one once told me. Arms outstretched.

Do not mistake flying for falling.

Do not turn back in fear.

Soar.

It’s not about finding who you are, because you are constantly evolving—shedding, learning, renewing.

You are not a puzzle to be completed.

You are a mosaic, a mandala—made of many pieces, broken and remade, never fully finished, always transforming.

You are an ocean with shifting tides.

Instead of grasping for understanding, be awareness itself.

Seek internal beauty. Release illusions.

Look for soul. Look for yours.

Because when you relax into being, everything falls into place.

Think.

When you sip water, sip for those who lack access to it.

When you eat, eat for those who go without.

When you love, love for those who have been starved of it.

When you work, work with honour in your heart for those who cannot.

When you practice, practice for the world.

Your living is a meditation.

What you do not change, you choose.

Whatever you do, feel blessed doing it, and it will change your entire life.

The earth is medicine.

It is here to be explored, not exploited.

To be loved, not hated.

To be cherished, not taken for granted.

It breathes so we can sense it.

It speaks so we can listen.

It moves so we can dance with it.

It cries so we can be cleansed by it.

Existence owes you nothing.

You owe it everything.

Smile, and invite gratitude.

Smiling is a healing tool.

Smile when you move.

Smile when you love.

Smile while you eat, while you speak, while you cry, while you are afraid.

Smile even when anger rises within you—because it is the antidote.

And if your heart is not yet ready to love through all things—start with a smile.

We spend so much time fixing our outer world that we forget to show up for ourselves on the inside.

Wake up—to everything.

Not just the things you want to see, but the things you need to see.

The space between your thoughts—that is where the answers are.

This is meditation.

To live in fear is to distrust your own instincts.

To live in anxiety is to reject the pace of your life—looking too far ahead when all you truly have is now.

Trust that you will get where you need to be.

And do it with patience.

You are love.

You are water.

You exist in many states—iceberg to hot spring, hail to mist.

When challenged, imagine your world without your voice, your sight, your limbs, your heartbeat.

Breathe in connection. Breathe in gratitude. Even when you suffer.

When I cry, I cry with my entire soul.

Everything turns black. Everything goes numb.

And yet, in the darkness, there is nothing between me and my grief.

Except the light of the moon.

I let this light guide me home.

Get clear on what you stand for.

What is acceptable, and what is not?

What will you change, improve, fight for?

We are a collective.

No one is safe unless we all are.

Even if we fall individually, together, we can rise.

But it’s easy to give up on yourself without encouragement.

Life is naturally challenging—but if that encouragement can come from within, you will never be without it.

Believe in your strength.

If you become the power you seek, you will never lose hope in yourself.

And when you hold that power, you will have the ability to share it.

As long as your heart is beating, you can strive for purpose in every part of your being.

Success is hidden beneath failure, even when it doesn’t seem that way.

Even the tallest mountain has taken time to reach the heavens.

You are not exempt.

Allow your process to unfold—gracefully.

Because there is no greater pain than not loving yourself.

Not feeling yourself.

Not hearing yourself.

Not seeing yourself.

Some close their eyes and see only darkness.

Some close their eyes and see the entire universe.

It is the energy that drives us.

Free yourself.

Become sustainable, light, untethered.

Leave the smallest imprint, but impart grand wisdom.

Float. Levitate.

Be unattached to drama. It is not yours to carry.

Set down your burdens.

Your story is not behind you.

Your story is not ahead of you.

Your story is happening now.

This is the moment.

This is it.

Do not get tangled in competition.

The only person who must understand where you are going is you.

Your old self has been fossilised.

Yes, you can still see the scars.

But the starry night will carry you.

The bright moon will see you—shedding, unfolding, revealing, becoming.

We cannot change what has been done.

But we can change how we proceed.

Ask yourself:

What patterns, relationships, experiences keep repeating?

What are they trying to bring to your attention?

What do you need to heal?

What occupies your mental space?

Sometimes, the person we think we want to become is not the person we are meant to be.

Sometimes, what awaits us is far more magnificent than we could ever imagine.

To trust in yourself takes you far.

Familiarise yourself with your own strength.

Optimism can save your life.

Pull yourself from the depths. Stay on your path.

And when you do look back—if a past wound resurfaces, know that it has appeared so it can be healed.

Open. Expand. Go forth.

You are living this life for you.

No matter your circumstances, you are in control of your thoughts.

Of your beliefs.

Of how you show up.

At any moment, you can wake up and realise you are a different version of who you used to be.

It is refreshing.

Because deep down, you know—change is how you grow.

It’s never too late to start again.

Right here. Right now.

Life is a journey.

You are the driver.

Your vehicle is your body.

Your destination? Returning home to yourself.

And yes, there will be detours.

Yes, the road will be rough.

But you will get there.

Again and again and again.

And the moment you surrender, the moment you let go—

The world becomes yours.

And you become the world.

Written while listening to Sleeping At Last’s Atlas: I album

Illustrated artwork by Eric Zener, Frann Preston, Katie Scott, Kirsten Sims, Svabhu Kohli