Sometimes what we need most is not what we think we need most.

It's not that break we've been waiting for the universe to provide.

Or the answer we've been desperately seeking.

No, sometimes we need only three words.

Don't give up.

Don't turn back now.

And see, I know you want to.

And that the meaningful thing, the right thing, requires we give all of ourselves. It metaphorically speaking is the most expensive, exhausting, sometimes disheartening. But this is your reminder that there

will come a point when you look back on this moment,

and the best thing you'll have ever done will have been continuing to put one foot in front of the other,

continuing forward despite the circumstances, towards that which means something to you.

I remember in South Florida a handful of years ago, I'd just moved down here and I was exploring

the area a little bit, looking for a place to live, and I found this kind of odd little park in between a parking lot and the beach.

And I pulled over, just started walking around, and ended up sitting down on this bench that

faced the ocean and just looked out for a while.

I remember looking at the people who all seemed so happy.

They all seemed fulfilled, looked like they had it all together.

I looked at the ocean that was so much bigger than me, so vast, so powerful, at the non-stop

stream of planes flying overhead that all seemed to have a direction, a purpose.

They had their courses mapped.

And I think I remember it so vividly because I'd never felt more alone than at that moment.

Like deeply, painfully, alone. And it's not that I enjoy bringing up these types of experiences.

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