Dr. Job Mogire
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Subject
The dream you can thank.
The dream that carried you was not a lie. It was a vehicle, and it did what vehicles do: it moved you from one place to another. The fact that you have arrived does not mean the movement was wasted. The fact that the vehicle is done does not mean you are done.
I know how disorienting it is to succeed your way to the edge of the story. Everyone congratulates you. The number is large. The title is good. And something inside you is very, very quiet in a way that does not feel like peace.
That quiet is not failure. It is completion.
The dream can be thanked. It carried you a long way. You do not need to carry it for the rest of your life just because you owe it your gratitude.
Put it down with reverence. Then ask, in the silence after, what you would build if you were building for something other than the proof.
The answer to that question is the rest of your life.
— Job
— Job
This letter accompanies Chapter 24 of The Quiet Return.