Hey everyone,
In my April Book Club, I wrote a review of Ozan Varol’s new book, Awaken Your Genius. It’s a really nice summary-type self-help book – meaning there are just so many nuggets folded in from all over. I really enjoyed the epilogue in the book, so I’m sharing it here below with Ozan’s permission. Click here to check out the book. I’ll be back on Saturday with my May Book Club!
Neil
Epilogue from Awaken Your Genius
Written by Ozan Voral | Full book here
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune,
I myself am good-fortune.
—WALT WHITMAN, “SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD”
You were created from pieces of the universe.
The iron flowing in your blood, the calcium in your bones, and the carbon in your brain were made in the chaos of red giants billions of years ago.
If you look only at the last 300 years of your family tree, you’ll find that you have over 4,000 direct ancestors. Take out just one of them, and you wouldn’t be here today.
So much had to conspire to bring you here. For you to be reading these words is nothing short of a miracle.
So be you—unapologetically and spectacularly you.
Discard what doesn’t serve you, so you can discover your core.
Declutter your mind so you can see the wisdom within.
Delight in getting to know yourself because there’s only—and ever will be—one of you.
Swim with the big fish playing in the depths of your oceans.
Follow your body to places where your mind hasn’t allowed you to go.
Embrace the purple that lights up your soul.
Find the extraordinary in the ordinary.
Stand on the shoulders of giants—and help the next generation stand on yours.
Channel the energy that brought you into existence.
Turn it into the art that only you can create.
Stop looking for gurus and heroes.
You are the one you’ve been waiting for.
Butterfly, it’s time for you to fly.
And if you’ll excuse me, I have to go.
My battery is low and it’s getting dark.