Ever Ever On

There comes a moment where we reject our reality at hand. Our minds race, screaming excuses about why we are even here to begin with;

“I had no idea what I was getting into.” “I was naive to commit to something like this.” “This was never what I needed, and I should just walk away.”

The problem is the estimation is never accurate-- the circumstances always swirling in ways that could not have been anticipated. Making matters worse, the people around us are dealing with the same set of issues from a different vantage point. Their expectations of us are too high or too low, with their disappointment in our failure pushing us down further or their satisfaction with our excellence raising the bar for the next obstacle.

The closest thing to a solution for any of this is a constant dialog... an ongoing reflection on what was right and wrong in the last moment with a focus on making the next push better. That sort of honesty-- which requires the ability to admit wrongs and move past them-- is a wave of stress in and of itself, but one that makes the difference between a constantly shifting burden and continually shared adventure.

--The Itchiest Back and the Best Scratcher