The Grind is Mechanical
For a long time, I thought grinding was the answer.
Outwork the doubt. Outrun the fear. Outperform the pain.
But I was building on a broken foundation.
Underneath the hustle lived something deeper.
Undiscovered guilt.
Unspoken shame.
Unintegrated parts of me I didn’t want to face.
But no matter how hard I pushed, it never felt whole.
Because it wasn’t.
It wasn’t until I got brutally honest with myself,
Sat still.
Felt the sensations I had buried.
Faced the parts I avoided with love, not judgment.
I started to change.
The word ‘grind’ felt exhausting.
The word ‘alignment’ felt like home.
I started embracing the wounded parts.
Not to fix them.
But to see them.
To reintegrate the man I had abandoned.
And in doing that, I built a real foundation.
One I could stand on.
Now, I’m not hustling to prove anything.
I’m showing up from a place of peace, power, and purpose.
Not forcing results, but focusing on the reality I’ve chosen to create.
Self-love is the soil.
Desire is the seed.
Focus is the sunlight.
This is the work.
This is the way.
Are you ready to face yourself?
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The Grind is Mechanical
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