The silent work (the work no one sees) we do is more valuable than it feels at the time. The silent work is the development that goes on behind the scenes where we are growing roots in the ground. It’s the work of continuing to nourish seeds even when it feels like you planted them long ago and nothing has yet sprung up. It’s the kind of work that makes us question why we aren’t any further than we are. 

It feels lackluster. It feels frustrating at times. It feels like we should be through this stage already.

I heard a phrase a while ago and I don’t know the author of it, but it was something like - You’re not the culmination of all the worst things you’ve ever done, and you’re also not the culmination of all the great things you’ve ever done.

When I mentioned a couple of days ago why it was so important to detach emotionally from the end outcome, this is what I meant.

If your worth is based on the great results you get from the things you try for then what about the times where it doesn’t work out?

I heard the phrase once  - “The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your questions.”

This resonated with me because I’d spent a lot of time in my life asking questions that got me to ‘nowhere-ville’ and just led to frustration and a lack of answers. I was spinning around in place pondering life through questions that I never got sufficient answers for. Talk about going crazy!

Once I changed up the types of questions I allowed my mind to analyze, it greatly helped my mental health. I’m not saying that at times I don’t slip back into old ways, but if I’m intentional with the questions I ask, I live a much more peaceful existence!