True mastery is to stand courageously in the face of the things we hide that ‘give us away’, face them, and rise within them to rise above the limitation of them.
True mastery is to arrive fully in all that we are every day. From this place, we can inspire. From this place, we can lead - by example.
Until then we are only lessons unto ourselves - at the top of a rung on the ladder maybe, just not necessarily in the sky.