✨ The Version of You Waiting to Be Lived — Muse Letter Audio Version

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Hello Beautiful Soul,

There’s something I want to share with you today.

Something that woke me up in the best possible way,

and I have a feeling it might do the same for you.

Most people don’t start living until life threatens to take itself away.

A diagnosis.

A loss.

A moment that splits everything open.

Suddenly what matters becomes clear,

and everything else feels ridiculous.

But why do we wait for that?

Every ancient tradition whispers the same truth:

Remember death, and you remember how to live.

Buddhist monks meditate on it.

The Stoics kept it close.

Indigenous elders say your death walks beside you as a guide.

It’s not morbid.

It’s medicine.

And this week, I asked myself a question that jolted me awake:

If I found out I didn’t have long to live…

what would I regret not becoming?

The answer rose instantly —

raw, honest, impossible to ignore.

It wasn’t about achievement.

It wasn’t about success.

It was about the version of me I’ve postponed —

the dreams I shelved “for later,”

the parts of myself I quieted

because life got full,

because survival felt safer than expression,

because somewhere along the way

I learned that failing wasn’t safe.

Most of us carry an unlived life inside.

Not because we’re unmotivated,

but because we learned to choose safety over truth —

and to fear failure more than regret.

But awareness is a doorway.

So I want to offer you the same question:

If you had one year left,

what version of yourself would you ache to finally live?

Close your eyes.

Ask honestly.

Let the answer rise without negotiation.

Because that answer —

the one that appears before fear,

before logic,

before you talk yourself out of it —

is your compass.

It’s your beginning.

It’s the part of you that has been waiting for years.

You don’t need a diagnosis to wake up.

You don’t need a crisis to choose courage.

You just need the willingness to listen

and take one small step toward that life today.

I’m right here with you.

And I’m beginning again too.

I send you so much love, my friend.

Go live with courage.

Love Always,

Sonia