Sometimes it’s the courage to quit a job that’s become a dead end. Sometimes it’s calling it on a project that we’ve sunk our whole life and life’s savings into. Or it’s walking away from a political party. It’s deciding to divorce after many unhappy years together. We did our best. We struggled. We fought, bravely, intensely. It didn’t work. Some people use the fact that things are bad as an excuse. Some people use their surroundings as a reason to despair. Some people think a lack of opportunity is a problem that resolves itself. Other people get up and do something about it. Which one are
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