When we fail to grow, we hold back others, and we warp and twist the organizations we seek to serve. We turn the work of others into the work of covering up our failings, plugging the holes in our chests, and living out the commands of the ghosts in our machines. What makes all of life complicated, and not just hard, is this unwillingness to do the work that’s ours to do; our unwillingness to live the examined life.