The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do

because of what you’re going through. I promise you: your
life matters, your life is significant, and things are happening
that you don’t even fully understand yourself.”
That’s what Eric has done and what he’s encouraged his
son to do: To acknowledge that whatever is happening in
their lives now, as difficult as it might be, is important. To
not hold out for the right opportunity or wait for things to
get better, but to make the most of life now. The question
that Garrett Rush-Miller’s life answers is the same one many
of us are afraid to ask: What happens when the life you end
up living doesn’t look like the one you planned?
Each of us has had surprises and setbacks in life,
disappointments that have disrupted what we thought was
the way. And we’re left with something that looks less like a
personal purpose and more like a mess. Hearing Garrett tell
his story, I wondered if the difference between remarkable
people and the rest of us has little to do with circumstance
and more to do with mindset. Maybe we all have the power
to turn our lives into significant stories if we start to see our
difficulties as opportunities.
We can’t control what life throws our way, but we can
control how we react to it. As we do, maybe we come closer
to a meaningful life than any plan could ever take us. To do
this, though, we have to let go of what we think we deserve
and embrace what is, which just might lead to something
better than we ever could have imagined.
Your life, though not an accident, is full of surprises.
The point of this book is to help you know what to do when