Who would you be if you failed to be you?

If you fail to be you, will you become someone else or another version of yourself?

Another version of you is still you
How can you fail to be you?
You are a field of possibility
Who are you if you fail to be you?

At first, it might seem like losing your roles, memories, or even your sense of self is the ultimate failure. But what if it’s not? What if “failure” is simply the ego losing its footing—a shedding of the stories you’ve told yourself about who you are?

Beneath the shifting roles and narratives, there is a quiet awareness - a field of presence that doesn’t need to “become” anything. What if failing isn’t falling short, but letting go? Letting go of definitions, expectations, and the need to constantly “be someone.”

What if, at your core, you’re not the stories you live, but the awareness in which they unfold? Take a moment to explore your own narratives. What defines you? What lies beyond those definitions? And if you let go of them, would you lose yourself or discover something deeper?

Koan by poet David Whyte on the Tim Ferriss Show (episode 781) 

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