Through Labor We Conquer

If you’re tran­si­tion­ing through midlife full-bore, you may be sur­prised one day to find your­self stuck in a life you no longer want.

Don’t despair. Just as in ado­les­cence, angst and dis­ori­en­ta­tion are all part of the mid-life tran­si­tion. A spirit of self-acceptance will help.

Midlife is an oppor­tu­nity to res­ur­rect one­self from the mire of mat­ter and false gods. If you’ve been labor­ing in a field that leaves you feel­ing dull and dimin­ished, rec­og­nize labor for its true purpose:

Labor is the process of man­i­fest­ing achieve­ments that are reached through striv­ing.

Through labor you open your inner resources. No mat­ter what your pro­fes­sion, it is your striv­ing that defines you, not your title or position.

A great Sage said, “Through labor we con­quer.” What is there to con­quer? you may ask. We con­quer our small, lim­ited, false self.

When labor and striv­ing unite, there is res­ur­rec­tion. Res­ur­rec­tion is free­dom from fear, anx­i­ety and dis­tress. Seek each day to stand with new def­i­nite­ness that you are the Self. Embrace this time of oppor­tu­nity for expansion.

More radi­ant than the sun,
purer than the snow,
sub­tler than the ether,
is the Self,
the Spirit within my heart.
I am that Self;
that Self am I.

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