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Restaurer

  • Writer: Marcus Nikos
    Marcus Nikos
  • Feb 12
  • 20 min read

people walk around with the weight of time on their shoulders counting the years they lost the chances they missed

Restaurer

the roads they never took they look back at all the mistakes all the failures all

the moments they thought were leading Somewhere Only to end up with empty

hands and a heavy heart and that that's the kind of thing that eats people alive

they whisper to themselves if only I had done this if only I had chosen that if

only I could go back ah but time doesn't work like that does it it doesn't rewind

doesn't slow down doesn't stop just because someone begs it

to ah lost time isn't it such a lovely thing to

talk about you know everyone always gets so hung up on the idea of time slipping

through their fingers you're supposed to be making all these Grand plans right

you start a business chase a dream fall in love Lose

Yourself only to realize that life never cares about your grand designs it just

keeps ticking away doesn't it time waits for no one or does it I'm sure you've

heard that one before time dear friend doesn't actually waste itself no it just

looks like it the way we look at things makes us feel like we're losing something valuable but here's the kicker

time time has a funny way of preparing you for things you can't even imagine

ever noticed that you thought you wasted your years in a deadend job oh no no no

you weren't wasting time you were learning how to handle pressure how to face disappointment how to survive when

everything seems broken you thought your years of relationships heartbreaks and fake smiles were wasted well guess what

you weren't wasting time you were figuring out who's real and who's not

time was simply giving you the tools to see through the facade people love to say things like

you've wasted all your time they pity you they look at you like you've missed the boat but here's a little secret

Nothing in life is ever wasted unless you let it be time itself self it doesn't know how

to waste anything it just gives you what you need it hands you every experience

every hurt every failure and says here try this on for size and you do and it

sucks and you wonder why you're in the mess you're in but that mess that mess is going to be the spark

of something big oh yes something very big you see

life doesn't waste anything it may look like you're falling behind like you've

got nothing to show for all that time you put in but really you're just being

prepared for something bigger than you can wrap your head around you've spent years thinking you were on the wrong

path you've been chasing things desperately holding on to dreams that slipped away like sand through your

fingers but if you think about it don't you see all those moments all

that so-called wasted time they've been preparing you for something that's going to hit you like a freight train it's the

kind of thing you can't prepare for but oh when it happens you'll be

ready you'll be ready because you learned all the lessons through every

socalled failure every second you thought you lost was actually building

you up for a future that would make all of it worthwhile you think you've wasted time

in a relationship that turned out to be a lie let's not sugarcoat it it hurt

right but that pain that mess that's your fuel that's what's going to keep

you going when the world tries to drag you down you didn't waste that time no

it was a lesson disguised as a broken heart and now you'll know exactly what

to do when someone tries to play you again and the job the dead end soul

sucking job you swore you'd leave in the dust that too my friend is preparation

you thought it was just about collecting a paycheck but it was more than that it

was about learning how to survive in a system designed to chew you up and spit

you out it was about sharpening your resilience you thought it was a waste

nah you were collecting experience that will pay off whether you see it now or

not that kind of grit that ability to hang on when everyone else gives up that's

priceless but here's the most beautiful part life has a funny way of turning

everything around those Wasted Years they were never wasted they were

seasoning you for the feast that's about to come all that time you thought you were spending in limbo waiting for

something to change for something to happen that was just the Universe putting everything in place you couldn't

see it because you were too busy looking at the clock but now oh now it's coming

together the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place and when you look

back you'll see that every step every

misstep every moment of Doubt was leading you to where you are

supposed to be so stop looking at your paast like it's a pile of wasted time it's not it's the preparation ground for

the big shift the major turnaround that's about to unfold all the moments

of disappointment the struggles the times you felt like you had nothing those are the moments that

shaped you you may not see it yet but trust me you'll see it soon

enough everything you've been through it's all leading to the greatest show

and the best part you're ready for it you've been ready for it all along you

think it's all falling apart don't you you've been told your whole life to wait wait wait for the right

time and for what the pieces don't seem to fit the clocks ticking and every

second feels like you're sinking deeper into the quicksand of missed

opportunities people keep whispering to you telling you everything's going to be

okay that it'll all work out in the end but you're starting to wonder if they're

just saying that to make themselves feel better or if they're genuinely trying to

convince you that you're not losing because let's face it how could

it possibly all work out when nothing seems to make sense you look around at others and you

see them on the fast track to success they're getting the promotion getting the love getting the life they always

dreamed of and then there's you stuck in this endless cycle of

when when will my time come why is everyone moving forward and I'm standing

still it's almost like you're stuck in a nightmare you can't wake up from nothing is moving time is stretching out before

you like a desert and you're walking through it step by slow step waiting for

something anything to happen but here's where it gets interesting while you're

busy looking at everyone else while you're staring at the clock and measuring your worth by what others have

something is happening beneath the surface see people love to tell you that

time is running out they love to make you feel like you're missing the boat

but here's the thing that boat it's a distraction it's a

mirage you're not missing it anything no no life is teaching you something much

more profound right now it's teaching you patience teaching you how to stand still

when the world wants you to Sprint you see everyone's running around like

chickens with their heads cut off trying to get to the finish line but you you've

got a different race ahead a race that doesn't follow the same rules

it doesn't care about the clock it doesn't care about the rush well that's

a tricky thing you've been so caught up in the race thinking you have to keep up

thinking you have to move forward that you've missed something life is giving

you the space the breathing room to get ready for something

big you see in the waiting in the uncertainty that's where the magic happens you thought you were wasting

time time but you weren't you were building yourself up for what comes next Gathering wisdom resilience and strength

all without even knowing it all those moments you thought you were Treading Water doing nothing you were preparing

yourself for something bigger than you could possibly imagine now let's talk about this idea

of wasted time the thing is time doesn't waste itself it can't it just is it's the way

you choose to see it that matters the truth is every single

second every minute you think you're wasting it's all moving you closer to

your moment you're just too busy looking around too focused on other people's

timelines to realize it you're so caught up in thinking you're falling behind

that you can't even see how far you've actually come every hardship every

mistake every failed attempt it's all a lesson and my friend lessons aren't

wasted they just don't show their value until the right moment comes and that

moment it's coming but here's the twist in the story you've got to stop waiting

for some Grand Revelation some sign to tell you that you've arrived

there's no sign coming you're already here you've already been through it all

and now it's about to pay off all that struggle all that waiting

all that wondering why nothing was happening that was the universe setting

the stage for your breakthrough you didn't see it because you were too busy judging the situation too busy thinking

you should be somewhere else but now you can see it now you can feel feel it

can't you the shift is coming and all the time you thought you lost it wasn't

lost it was preparation the kind of preparation that turns you into something you never even

thought you could be so stop looking at the clock stop

comparing yourself to others they've got their own path their own race you've got

yours and it's not about speed it's about timing you think you've been stuck

but really you've been exactly where you needed to be every second every minute every hour

it's all been for this and when the time comes when everything finally clicks

into place you'll realize that all those years you thought were wasted weren't

wasted at all they were the foundation of everything you're about to become and

that my friend is worth more than any minute you could ever waste you think

you've got it all figured out don't you you think the world's planned by your

rules but the truth oh the truth is a twisted game everyone's running around

thinking they know where they're going like little Ants Marching on a path that was set for them by someone

else oh but I've got news for you that path is not really a path at all it's an

illusion a trick a distraction from the real show that's going on right under

your nose you've spent so much time haven't you you've been stuck trying to fit in

trying to play nice trying to please everyone else always looking for

validation always wondering if you're good enough if you're smart enough if you've done enough to earn a seat at the

table the truth is you were never supposed to fit in that's the grand joke

this isn't about pleasing anyone else it's not about following the rules they made for you it's about breaking free

from the game entirely ripping up that script and rewriting it you're not

supposed to follow you're supposed to lead you were never meant to be some Cog

in the machine the machine was built around you but here's the thing about

machines they break they all break eventually the system

you've been forced to play in it's falling apart oh you don't see it yet you don't

hear the cracks do you you're too busy playing the role they handed you too busy playing it safe too busy keeping up

the facade but guess what the world's been flipping upside down for a while now and everything you thought was Rock

Solid is starting to crumble the walls are closing in and you

can feel it can't you the pressure is mounting the pressure to do more be more

follow more it's exhausting isn't it and it should be but let's stop pretending

like we're all in control that's what's so funny about this whole thing you've

been acting like you're steering the ship like you have some Grand Destiny mapped out ahead of you and maybe you've

been trying to force it push it into place you've been gripping the wheel

desperately trying to make sense of the chaos around you thinking you're the one

who's in control but guess what you're not you

never were oh sure you've got ideas right you've got plans you've got dreams

you've got all these things you're supposed to accomplish you've been running around chasing after some idea

of success some idea of happiness and you're just as lost as

everyone else but there's a beauty in that isn't there there's a beauty in the

fact that it's all slipping through your fingers like sand in the wind you can

try to hold on to it you can try to control it but it'll just slip away again and

again and again so why not just let it

happen I mean really what's the worst that could happen you're already in this

mess you're already Tangled Up in this web so why not let go of that

control why not let the world take the wheel for a

bit oh you'll fight it you'll resist it at first won't you you'll try to make sense of it you'll try to fix everything

and put it back together but let me tell you something the world doesn't care

about your plans it doesn't care about your ideas of success and thank God for that because

those plans they're overrated you've been so obsessed with

getting to a destination that you've forgotten what happens on the way you've

forgotten what it's like to just exist to just be to stop trying so hard you

see you don't need to know what's coming next you don't need to have everything mapped out the moment you realize that

oh that's the moment the magic happens the moment you stop fighting the flow of

life and just let it carry you along that's when you start to see things shift you start to realize that all the

stress all the fear all the worry it doesn't really matter because when you

let go that's when things start to make sense yeah it's a bit twisted isn't it a

bit backwards if you think about it you've been trying so hard to make sense

of everything trying to build the perfect future when the truth is there's

no such thing there's only right now and right now right now the only thing you can

control is how you respond to the chaos you can either fight it resist it

and drown in it or you can laugh you can laugh at how ridiculous it all is you can laugh at how nothing makes sense and

that's okay because you're free the freedom you you've been searching for it

was never in the plans it's in the letting go it's in the

surrender you've spent so long looking for the answers and the real answer was

always inside you it's the ability to laugh to embrace the absurdity of it all

to just stop trying to fight against the tide when you stop struggling when you let the current take

you that's when you'll realize everything you thought you had to do

every rule you thought you had to follow it's all just smoke and

mirrors ah let's talk about the elephant in the room shall we the grand delusion

the dirty little lie we all tell ourselves you know the one the idea that

you're in control that somehow you're steering the ship oh it's adorable

really we all try so hard to make sense of it all don't we we think that if we just

push the right buttons pull the right strings everything will fall into place

it's all just one big performance isn't it we pretend we have the script all

figured out we put on the mask we smile we nod and we try to look like we're

doing fine like we're managing the chaos but here's the thing it's all smoke and

mirrors the illusion is wearing thin and deep down you know it you've spent so

much time trying to fix things right trying to put everything back together

trying to make the broken pieces fit and yet no matter how hard you try it never

quite Works does it things break things crumble things slip right through your

fingers like sand but let me ask you why does it have to be this way why do

you keep banging your head against a wall expecting the universe to behave according to your

rules the truth is it's never going to work like that you can push you can prod

you can beg and plead all you want but life doesn't care it doesn't follow your

script it never did now I know what you're thinking you're thinking oh if I just work harder if I just try harder I

can make it all work and that's where the joke is you can't not like that

you're not in control no matter how much you try to convince yourself otherwise

and guess what that's okay that's actually the best news you could ever hear because when you realize you're not

in control when you let go of that illusion that's when you're free that's

when the real magic happens but let's not get ahead of ourselves all right so

what does that mean it means that maybe just maybe there's a better way to go

about this whole thing instead of trying to force everything into the shape you think it should be maybe you should just

stop stop pushing stop forcing stop trying to bend the world to your will it

doesn't work the harder you push the more you lose instead what if you just let go

what if you just stepped back took a deep breath and let the pieces fall

where they may oh I know I know you're

terrified terrified that if you let go everything will fall apart that you'll be left with

nothing but here's the thing my friend everything's already falling

apart you've just been too busy holding on to notice and holding on tight only keeps

you stuck in the same place going round in circles it's like being on a merry-go

round you're not going anywhere but you're pretending like it's taking you somewhere important you know what

happens when you let go of the ride right you fall off but it's only when

you fall off that you realize you weren't going anywhere in the first place it was all a joke a little bit of

Illusion designed to keep you distracted so what happens when you stop trying to

control the chaos what happens when you stop forcing

things into place you stop spinning your wheels hoping for some perfect result

that was never going to happen in the first place you stop worrying about how

everything looks and start experiencing life as it is you stop needing things to

be perfect because guess what you realize that Perfection is a lie it

doesn't exist and the sooner you stop chasing it the sooner you can actually

enjoy the ride but wait there's more what happens next is a

little unexpected you see when you stop trying

so hard when you let go of the weight you make room for something else something better something that wasn't

in your plan it wasn't part of your neat little checklist it's a surprise a gift and

that's the trick my friend the secret to it all the best things in life are never

planned they're never part of the neat little schedule you've created for yourself they just show up when you stop

looking for them when you stop trying to force them into

being don't give me that look I'm not saying you shouldn't try no I'm not

saying you should give up on your dreams what I'm saying is that you've been doing it all wrong you've been trying to

control it you've been trying to make it happen on your own and look where that's

gotten you nowhere it's like trying to catch

lightning in a bottle you can't control it you can't tame it you can only Let It

Strike when it's ready and when it strikes you'll be there

waiting ready to catch it ready to laugh at the absurdity of it all because when

you stop fighting against the current when you stop battling the

world that's when you realize that everything you've been looking for let's

talk about a little thing called timing timing what a tricky elusive

Beast everyone thinks they've got it figured out everyone believes they can control it and yet when it really comes

down to it timing is like the one thing that has no respect for your

plans oh you thought you had it all planned out didn't you you made the list

you checked it twice and isn't it funny you try so hard and still Things Fall

Apart but here's the kicker you're not the one in charge of timing you you

never were you can spend your whole life chasing it trying to predict it trying to bend it to your will but timing

doesn't care it's not interested in your little agenda you think you're running the show

don't you oh you think you're orchestrating the grand performance but the truth is timing

doesn't ask for your permission it shows up when it feels like it and when it

does you'd better be ready because cuz when it strikes it strikes like a bolt of

lightning fast unexpected and wild if you're busy trying to force everything

to happen on your own if you're scrambling to make it fit you'll miss it

you'll miss the chance the opportunity the perfect moment because you were too busy pulling

all the wrong strings and let's not even talk about those moments when you think it's all

falling apart ah yes those moments the ones where Everything feels like it's

going to hell the times when you're sure that nothing will ever make sense again

your whole world is in chaos and all you want to do is Scream right you've been

knocked down again and again it feels like the universe is laughing in your

face but here's the joke that's where things start to get interesting because

when everything falls apart that's when when timing starts to work its magic but the thing is it's not working for you

yet oh no you're still stuck in the Y me face and that's where it gets fun you

think you're the one in control right you think you're the one calling the shots but no timing is out there in the

background orchestrating the chaos it's like a puppeteer pulling the strings

making sure that The Show Goes On whether you like it or not you're still

thinking I've got to make this happen I've got to force it and that's where you're

wrong timing isn't asking for your permission not asking for your input it's going to do what it wants and

you're just along for the ride so let's say you're ready to take a step back let's say you're finally tired

of all this rushing all this trying to make things happen on your own

you're ready to stop fighting the current you're ready to stop forcing it so what happens well when timing decides

it's time to move it's like flipping a switch one moment you're stuck spinning

your wheels and the next boom everything falls into place

everything you've been working for everything you've been stressing about it just happens not because you made it

happen not because you were clever enough but because the universe timing whatever you want to call it decided it

was time and you you were finally ready it's like that feeling when you're

waiting for a train right you're standing there on the platform and you've been waiting for what feels like

forever the train is delayed the schedule's messed up you're frustrated

you keep checking your watch but the train doesn't show but then suddenly it

arrives right on time and what happens you get on you sit down

you relax and everything falls into place you were worried anxious fighting

against the whole situation and yet when the time came you didn't have to do

anything the train was already there now does that mean you sit back relax and

wait for everything to happen no that's not how it works either because while

timing is doing its thing you still have to be present you still

have to show up even when things don't make sense you can't just sit in your room

throw your hands in the air and expect it all to fall in your lap The Show Must

Go On You have to keep moving but the secret is that you can move with

ease knowing that timing that little invisible force is guiding you

when it's time things will click when it's time you'll know what to do and

when you least expect it you'll find that all that scrambling all that

struggle all that stress was just a distraction a little game to keep you

busy while everything sorted itself out and the best part you didn't have to

make it happen timing handled the heavy lifting and you

well you just had to show up be ready and let it

happen timing is the real star of the show pulling the strings setting the

stage and you you're just the lucky one who gets to ride the wave you're just

the one who gets to enjoy the show when the curtain finally Rises oh you want to talk about the road

to success huh that's a fun one you think it's all smooth sailing don't you

a nice straight path from point A to point B everything neatly falling into

place like a well-oiled machine who wouldn't want that right the

truth is success is more like a twisted roller coaster full of unexpected dips

sharp turns and loop-de-loops that'll make your stomach do flips oh but we

love it don't we we love the ride even though it's nothing like we expect expected and here's the kicker what if I

told you the chaos the mess the constant upheaval that's actually the magic

that's where the real story starts see people like to act like success is this

golden ticket this reward for following a neat little formula but that's not how

it works no it's a game of chance a twisted game where the rules change

every time you think you've figured it out one minute you you're up you're

winning you're on top of the world and the next crash you're falling you're hitting

rock bottom so hard that the Echoes of your failure are still bouncing around your brain you feel it that pit in your

stomach the weight on your chest the looming question of whether it was all worth

it but let me tell you something you're in the game and that's more than half

the battle you think you're supposed to have it all figured out don't you you think that if you just follow the steps

if you do everything the right way it's going to work out in the

end well here's the thing life doesn't work like that life

doesn't follow your little rules no it has its own agenda and trust me it loves

to throw curveballs when you least expect it you get knocked down you fail

you you trip you fall and you pick yourself up again only to get kicked back

down but here's the fun part each time you get knocked down you

get a little stronger every failure teaches you something new every failure is just a

stepping stone a tiny piece of the puzzle that's starting to fit together

even though you can't see the whole picture just yet you know what's funny

people love to tell you about the Finish Line they love to tell you about the victory the success the glory but they

never talk about the mess in between the real work the real

grind it's never as glamorous as people make it out to be it's not all about the wins and the

trophies it's about the sweat the blood the tears the exhaustion the moments

when you want to quit when you want to throw in the towel and say I've had

enough those are the moments that matter those are the moments that define you because that's when the real

transformation happens when you're exhausted when you're broken when you're

at the edge of your rope that's when you learn What You're Made Of and here's the

real kicker when you're in the middle of it when you're struggling when you're

fighting tooth and nail just to stay afloat it's hard to see the point it's

hard to see how any of this is going to pay off you don't have the answers you don't have the map and all you've got is

a pile of failures and mistakes behind you but here's the catch you don't need

the answers you don't need the map you don't need to know where you're going because the real magic happens when you

stop trying to control everything you've got to stop fighting the current you've

got to let go and that's when the universe or fate or whatever you want to call it steps in when you stop trying to

force it that's when things start falling into place the truth is Success

isn't about waiting for the perfect moment the perfect opportunity or the

perfect plan it's about showing up over and over again even when things don't

make sense it's about stepping into the chaos dancing in the mess and trusting

that the pieces will eventually fall into place you can't control the timing

you can't control the outcome but you can control one thing

you can control whether or not you keep showing up that's the real question will

you keep going even when you don't know what the end looks like will you keep

pushing forward when everything inside you is screaming to quit that's the game

isn't it it's not about perfection it's not about making everything look easy it's not about avoiding failure or

setbacks it's about continuing to show up continuing to fight even when you

have no idea how it's going to turn out the real Victory isn't in the wins it's

in the fight it's in the resilience it's in the moments when you get knocked KN down and you still find the strength to

stand up again and when you look back on that roller coaster ride when you see

all the twists and turns and loops and drops you'll realize that it was all

worth it cuz in the end it wasn't about the

destination it was about the ride

 
 
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