No one gets far without one.

More likely a healthy dose.

No matter how hard you work, how much you know, how great your skill,

It’s all but impossible to make it on your own,

Regardless of how noble the ideal might seem.

Sooner or later you need a leg up.

A helping hand from a guide who’s been there before.

A fortuitous connection, just when you need it.

An unexpected nudge in the right direction when you’re feeling stuck.

Luck, coincidence, or a gift from the universe, it doesn’t much matter what you call it.

But it matters a great deal when you set out to achieve anything.

Waiting for your break is not so much about waiting, however.

But preparing.

Working to ensure you’ve done everything within your power to capitalize on your break when it does come.

And it always does.

Though it may be difficult to recognize.

Earnestness. Curiosity. Trust.

These are the tools required to make the most of the breaks that come your way.

Disguised as they may be.

Those, and doing something that is truly worth doing.

Worthy tasks have a way of attracting the help you need at the time you need it.

In uncanny ways from uncanny places.

So when you’re feeling stuck, stay earnest, stay curious, stay pure in your intentions

And trust that the next break is already in front of you, waiting for you to stumble on it.

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