In 2018, my life seemed amazing. But I was depressed. I had done some personal development work, made some transformations in my health, and grown professionally, but I was still searching for something more.

Through a moment of awakening, my awareness grew rapidly. But I hadn’t yet integrated this awareness. I didn’t have the tools to make sense of it. Life got a lot harder before it got easier.

We’re on muddy ground.

What I mean is, the thing about personal transformation that makes it so tricky is that we’re constantly on muddy ground.

From our perspective, we often feel our choices are well informed. But the truth is that “well informed” is a matter of awareness.

The greater our awareness, the better informed we are, and the more our choices can be based in truth and freedom. The less our awareness, the less our grasp on the full truth of each moment, and the more our choices are being made on muddy ground—potentially resulting in states of less peace, joy, love, and freedom.