Something came to my mind as I read your OP. It was a reminder of an ending scene in the Wizard of Oz. I found the following at Necessary Facts: What (if Anything) Did Dorothy Learn?

"At the end of the 1939 movie version of The Wizard of Oz, Glinda the Good Witch says that Dorothy could have gone home any time, but she had to learn that for herself. Scarecrow asks Dorothy what she learned. She replies:

'Well... I think that it ... That it wasn't enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em. And it's that if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any farther than my own back yard because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with.'

Clearly, what begins as a cliche ends as a contradiction."

Well...I am definitely not saying that one should be resigned to a situation. Just the opposite. I feel it's more finding the real you again (or maybe even for the first time) that is there, and will always be there all the time. It can be a quite a journey to find that you are there all along, and will be. Self discovery need not be done through arduous work, but simply taking the time to listen carefully.