When you know, you know, they say. I disagree; we’ve always known.
The adage is applied most often to someone’s recognition of “the one”, but I’ve also heard it used to describe epiphanies, big decisions, and various insights. My dissent applies equally to both practices. In my life, it’s never been about the knowing, it’s been about the believing. It’s all about confidence.
I’d be lying if I told you that two years ago was the first time I knew I wasn’t supposed to be a physician. No, I’d always known that, dating back to the first pre-med chemistry class I took as a freshman in college. Probably long before that too. What changed, two years ago, was belief. I was finally faithful to what I knew, to what I wanted, and to who I was.
So, if we bear this in mind—the idea that we’ve known all long what’s best for us—we can stop waiting on epiphanies. It’s not about insight. It’s about preparedness. It’s about generating confidence. It’s about making choices today that inch us closer to being able to act.
That way, we don’t go our whole lives waiting on when we’ll know.
To livin’ a life we love,
Ryan Fightmaster, MD
(Later this morning, I’m releasing the last of the 32 Truth videos. Finally. Sixteen months later. Just wanted to say thank you for supporting this series and the book. If you’d like watch it, you can subscribe to my YouTube channel here.)