So many times I've written about how others act and react to your accomplishments and or struggles. We are the generation of "Yo Da Man! And You Rock!" Yeah, well most have no clue what was personally required for you to achieve the glorified description. How often do you stand up for yourself or congratulate the inner being for having to experience the path and journey? Do we know our own story? We know what was required to climb into this moment. The sleepless nights and the horrid shapes of worry and fear while sitting in the front seat of your car during a huge disaster of traffic. Looking out my studio window I see trees that stand nearly twenty feet off the ground. I planted them when they were six inch seedlings. I don't know their story except to say that it feels like only yesterday that the decision to replenish an aging forest was the best thing to happen to me since Taco Bell started selling French Fries. Because I daily write I do know the story. Maybe... I can't instantly recall a particular day unless I revisit the pages filled with a wandering poets attempt at being creative at 530 AM. I do sit in shock, wonder and still get angry over areas that could've easily been controlled. How does the non-writer react to their story? My first wife played by one rule: If I don't see it happening right now then it never did take place. That's an insane way to live. Each moment is a rope not to just hold onto but to turn into a tool for balance or pulling yourself free from the idea that something didn't go right. Knowing your story keeps you in touch with why the story is taking shape. You'll never stop asking why, how, where and when? You need those words tomorrow and the days after. Each presents itself as a platform to build new ideas or reshape the process of progress. Getting to know your story isn't that area of the playing field where you're given permission to be a perfectionist. You've got to let life happen. If you aren't falling off your bike pick it up and throw it at yourself. Your story must feature struggle. Learn from the moment by staying true to what is now. Mindfully grow don't force intention into thinking you recognize the image in the mirror. Tell yourself daily what your intentions are. Whisper or shout out five or ten. My intention today is _______. Your story is an important part of what is your success and that happens all too often without taking note of it.