Some things find you when you're ready 📖

There's a poem by Charles Bukowski called "Rolling the Dice."

I first read this back in the day-day and honestly forgot about it. But here it is—showing back up right in the middle of this life transformation I'm going through 🔄

Funny how that works, right? The things we need have a way of finding us again when we're ready to actually hear them.

This poem hits different now. It's raw. It's uncomfortable. And it's exactly the reminder I needed about what it means to fully commit to something—not halfway, not when it's convenient, but all the way 💯

I wanted to share this with you all and see if it resonates with anyone else here 🤔

Rolling the Dice - Charles Bukowski

If you’re going to try, go all the way.

Otherwise, don’t even start.

If you're going to try, go all the way.

This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe even your mind.

It could mean not eating for three or four days.

It could mean freezing on a park bench.

It could mean jail.

It could mean derision, mockery, isolation.

Isolation is the gift.

All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it.

And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds.

And it will be better than anything else you can imagine.

If you’re going to try, go all the way.

There is no other feeling like that.

You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire.

DO IT. DO IT. DO IT. All the way

You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.

Do any of you have a quote, poem, or piece of writing that keeps circling back into your life at just the right moment? Something that finds you when you need it most?

Drop it below 👇 I'd love to hear what's been speaking to you lately.

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