24 hours can change everything

The unfiltered truth about fulfillment? It’s not hard to reach. It’s hard to hold onto.

You want it to stay with you. You want it to last a lifetime. But no matter how much fulfillment you achieve, it doesn’t last.

One moment you feel it. The next, you don’t. One day you’re unstoppable. The next, you’re invisible. One week it surrounds you. The next, you can’t find it anywhere.

That is what makes fulfillment elusive.

So you work hard. You focus. You say no to distractions. You pour everything into chasing that feeling.

And you do it. You reach fulfillment. You feel incredible. Unstoppable. You’re flying. Nothing can touch you.

Then what?

It fades fast. Tomorrow brings new horizons, goals, and priorities. And with it new distractions, discomforts, and challenges. That feeling of fulfillment slips away into the past before you know it.

24 hours can change everything. Imagine what a year or two can do.

You can’t own fulfillment. It’s not a house you can move into. You can only experience it, like a spectacular sunset, a delicious meal, or hearing your child say, “I love you”. Amazing while it’s happening. Gone before you want it to be.

Fulfillment lives in your experience of the moment you’re in. But the moment doesn’t last forever. When it’s done, it’s done. You can’t stay in a moment that has passed. You can’t remain in an experience that’s over.

It’s a place you can reach but not a place you can stay.

So embrace the chase. Don’t fight the fact that fulfillment fades. That’s what makes it precious. When you reach fulfillment, you have to reach it in the next moment and the next and the next after that.

That’s not the problem. That’s the point.

Event + Response = Outcome. Do the work.