The Mountain Is You

LEARN HOW TO FEEL BETTER BY PROCESSING COMPLEX 
EMOTIONS
You are not supposed to feel happy all of the time. Trying 
to feel happy all of the time is not the solution; it’s the 
problem.
Instead of the ability to sustain positivity at all times, 
mental strength requires that you develop the ability to 

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process complex emotions such as grief, rage, sadness, 
anxiety, or fear.
When you do not know how to allow these feelings to 
pass through you, how to make sense of them, learn from 
them, or simply just allow them, you get stuck on them. 
You bury them, and then everything around you becomes 
a trigger that threatens to unleash the floodgates.
You might think it’s about keeping a stiff upper lip, but it’s 
not. It’s about crying when life is sad, being angry in the 
face of injustice, and being determined to create a solution 
when a problem arises. That responsiveness, instead of re-
activeness, defines mental strength.
FORGET WHAT HAPPENED AND FOCUS ON HOW YOU WILL 
MAKE IT RIGHT
Reflect on what went wrong, learn from what went wrong, 
and figure out how you’re either going to make up for it or 
change the outcome in the future.
Then let it go.
The only time you’re going to really hold onto the past is 
when you haven’t fully learned from the past. When you 
have, you can apply those lessons to the present moment 
and create what you wanted to experience then.

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Focusing on what happened disproportionately to what’s 
happening now, or what you want to happen in the future, 
is what keeps you completely stuck. If you feel as though 
you truly failed yourself in some profound way, it becomes 
even more crucial that you move on and create the expe-
rience you desire now.
Your life is not over. You did not fail indefinitely, but you 
will if you never let go and try again.