I’m talking from the future now. The future is where you belong. The present moment doesn’t have much for you right now but struggle. It’s going to be a long rough road to get to where I’m at. You take rest in the future when you’re working your way towards it. So long as you keep working towards it, you always have access to rest in the future. Your mind will welcome the idea because it will see the proof that this is where you’re going. The proof will be in what you did in the day. What you’re doing right now. If you can’t be convincing yourself to believe that you will reach a goal you have in mind, then you clearly aren’t doing what you should be doing. Figure it out and fix it.
It’s a strange comfort—this voice from the future. A version of me that already crossed the fires and lived through the grind. He doesn’t pity me. He doesn’t talk down to me. He just speaks plainly: keep going. The present moment may not always feel rewarding, but the future… that’s where the reward waits. And I only get there by turning each moment of struggle into evidence that I’m on the right path.
When the vision gets blurry and I feel the weight of doubt, I remind myself that belief isn’t something I wait for—it’s something I build. One task at a time. One choice at a time. The future isn’t guaranteed, but it becomes more believable when I see myself moving toward it without excuse. That’s when my mind begins to rest. Not because life got easier, but because I’ve shown it that I’m doing what needs to be done.
So if I ever catch myself wondering whether I’ll make it—whether I’m worthy of the vision—I won’t look for motivation. I’ll look for proof. Proof in my actions. In my effort. In the work I’m doing now, not later. That’s how the gap between present pain and future peace begins to close. And if I’m not seeing the signs, it’s because I’m not planting them. Fix the effort, and the path becomes visible again.
