If you want to live a conforming life, you can probably do it in a refined manner. However, once you step outside your own boundaries and try to live higher, you will likely fall flat on your face. Failure is the only way to success; and failure hurts. It is humiliating. It is enlivening. And it really hurts. As someone who is generally even-tempered, I’ve experienced more highs and lows in the past year than I have my entire life. Living your dreams really is a roller-coaster.
