We come out the other side on many things, don’t we? Troubles. Problems.

People quit when they don’t quite make it to the other side. They give up, saying, “The effort isn’t worth it.” “The payoff isn’t worth the work.”

Sometimes that’s true, sometimes it’s not. I think knowing the difference comes with age and experience. I’m no expert, but I’ve come out the other side of many a problem. Sometimes I haven’t. Do I think back on some of those and wish I’d fought harder to make it to the other side. Yes. Yes, I do.

Some of those decisions haunt me to this day. That’s all about the difference between shame and forgiving oneself, but that’s another blog post.