You were born with everything you need to answer the call of your soul. — Marie Forleo

You were born with everything you need to answer the call of your soul.

Author: Marie Forleo

Insight: There's something both liberating and slightly uncomfortable about this idea: that you already have what it takes. Not that you'll develop it through years of struggle, or acquire it through the right credentials, but that it's already there. This matters because most of us are waiting for permission or proof that we're ready. We're saving our real dreams for "later," after we've taken one more course or landed the right job or lost the weight or whatever our particular condition is. The trick is understanding what "everything you need" actually means. It doesn't mean you won't face obstacles, learn things, or need other people's help. It means the core capacity to notice what matters to you, to try, to adjust course when you're wrong, to keep showing up—those things aren't borrowed from somewhere else. They're already operating in you right now. A musician doesn't need a different brain to write a song that matters; a parent doesn't need to be someone else entirely to show up for their family; someone curious about ideas doesn't need to wait until they're "smart enough." The real work isn't collecting more resources. It's getting quiet enough to hear what your soul actually wants to say, then trusting yourself enough to start.

Source: Everything is Figureoutable, p. 204, 2019