The Cave You Fear to Enter Holds The Treasures You Seek.

I wish I thought of that but its a quote from author Joseph Campbell. I love it because it’s true. Nothing more needs to be said about how to reach your ultimate life potential than facing your fears. The biggest one being ourselves.

Im going to break down what Joseph means, in hopes that you can apply this to your own life.

A cave is associated with danger. It’s dark, unknown. And to take it further, it’s a mimicks the darker, deeper side of ourselves we don’t want to acknowledge, much less dive into. But he’s saying we must enter if we want the gold.

It’s a confined environment. A area shut out from the outside. You say yes to the cave, you’re saying no to the world (for a time). The cave requires focus, presence, and alertness. Not to mention it requires balls. This is important, entering our “caves” means we enter a narrow, risky path. We go deep.

But who actually wants to go into dark caves? What happens when we face our fears? It’s usually not our first inclination but alas, the greatest risk holds the greatest rewards. Always.

The treasures — the business, the relationship, the peace, the body -are hidden in the cave; surrounded by danger, darkness and fear. What caves have you been avoiding? The only way is IN.

Go get it. See you soon.