Book: The Life That’s Waiting

Author: Brianna Wiest, bestseller author and speaker

Key message of the book: The life we want often begins on the other side of fear, discomfort, uncertainty, grief and self-protection. With self-compassion and gentleness to ourselves, we arrive to a place where life feels fuller and richer.

Some favorite quotes:

“A life of meaning is one where you wake up each day excited for what is to be created, to be experienced, to be felt.”

“When you begin to see every one of those instances of inner knowing as tiny invitations to meaning, you begin to generate momentum. You get more and more inspired, because you feel more and more accomplished…[…] Rather than seeking the next milestone, the next bragging right, you began seeking the joy of tomorrow.”

“Happiness isn’t found; it’s forged.”

“You have to fill your life with what matters to you, even if it doesn’t make sense to anyone else.”

“Don’t shrink your life to meet your comfort zone; expand your vision to meet your standard.”

 “Sometime, we just need to rest and recalibrate, allow our bodies to go through a wintering season, allow ourselves to reconnect to our center.”

“… you begin to exist in a more peaceful equilibrium where you are excited to wake up in the morning and build. That’s the richest, most fertile ground of your entire life.”

“Sometimes, what we really have to reconcile is the false idea that we are not enough, not worthy, for the lives that are already ours or are about to be. Sometimes, we have to let go of the old patternings that tell us if life is not imbued with suffering and denial, it is not noble or realistic.”

“One of the things that most limits our capacity in life is the belief that any measure or degree of success or progress is akin to a house of cards, something that becomes more vulnerable as it grows. In reality, true success is more like adding legs beneath a table. The more you grow, the more stable you become.”

“You will learn that you can withstand more than you ever thought.”

“You will guide yourself through every heartache, every loss. You will also get to cherish every victory, every success, every resounding win.”

“The doors that are right for you will gently open – and you will not have to push or force them. Because the things that are behind them want you and need you as much as you want and need them.”

“Fear controls us when we invest more into the problem than the solution.”

“You can learn. You can use rock bottom as a clean state.”

“Live with palms wide open – what’s right will land and remain without your fists closing to keep it.”

“What you gather evidence for is what will appear most true. Gather evidence of your fortitude, your faith. Gather evidence of your strength, the way the road has always risen. If you don’t trust ahead, look to what’s behind. Remember, what you got you here will get you to whatever’s next.”

“When good things are trying to find you, I hope you let them. I hope that you leave room for things to turn out better than you had planned. I hope that you do not deny yourself happiness because you know how human you are, because you are most familiar with your rough edges, your mistakes, your past. I hope that when the sun is finally shining on you, you let yourself feel its warmth.”