Life-Changing Event

I got to the light through extreme darkness. I was in a very dark period in my life. Even though I reached a point in my life where I was reaching some of my dreams, the dreams were not fulfilling me because they were fulfilling my ego, but not really my true purpose. And then in that darkness somehow there was this incredible light that came to me, and that was the moment when I realized, okay, this is what I need to do, and I felt home. I finally felt fully home, and this was about six years ago. Six years ago I was going through a lot of darkness, and this was after I was shortlisted for an Oscar. So I was very close to reaching my dream. And in that moment I realized that there's such a thing as ego. And I was also seeing a lot of the lies and the games in Hollywood. And it was hurting me because I love filmmaking so much. Everything that my ego was clinging on to was all of a sudden collapsing, and I was going through dark night of the soul, but I didn't realize what it was in that moment. But then there came a day when I accepted that I'm not okay. And I accepted that I don't need to be strong anymore.