Rest Easy. You're Here.

By Jayden Kyryluk

No matter the losses. No matter the wins. No matter the lost potential in your life or the lost desires. The things that went right, the things that went wrong. At the end of the day and at the end of your life, there is one thing that you will never lose: this journey is yours and yours alone. No matter what happens, no matter who you meet or who you lose, you are on the path. Feet planted, with distance still to cover, on your first day and your last. This is your journey. Yours alone.

In your losses, you may feel something has slipped away, something forgotten, something you were meant to become. In your wins, you may feel vindicated, as if you’ve reclaimed a version of life that once escaped you. But it doesn’t matter. None of it does. Take a step back.

Wins or losses, whatever. They are the same. Your feet are still planted. You’re looking ahead and see no end. But each step is one step less. One step closer to your destination.

The wins and losses blur into satyam, that which is true: they were felt. And what is felt is real. When you feel, not think…your true, present self speaks. Each feeling is a whisper, gently pushing you forward on the path.

It may feel like you are going backwards, but everything is a lesson, and each lesson a step. Remember, it’s your journey and yours alone. There is no comparison. There is no person like you. Rest a little with the faith that no matter your choice, difficult or easy, leads to the same path: forward. 

This path is the journey of your life. And it moves in one direction: death.

Rest easy. Death is the removal of a tight shoe before you put on a new one. The ultimate transition. The ultimate awakening. Death is the start of the end, and the end is the beginning. You got here somehow. Death is where we come from, where we all go, and where we all will meet.

There are ups and there are downs. But in those rises and falls, truth is found, not in the heights or the depths, but in the road itself. Take pleasure, take pain, take fame and gain. Take all of these feelings you feel right now and know that it is exactly what you are supposed to feel. At the end of the day, we are together. We are all walking each other home.

Home is your path. Your life. The destination. It’s the beginning, the end, and everything in between.

Rest easy knowing you are here. Right now. 

Originally written on March 30, 2025, in Winnipeg, Canada.

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