Courage

You are doing better than you think; when the distance is unknowable, there's a tendency to falter.

Consistency is the key to making it across the Wasteland. Attend to your goal, and then drop it; let the winds work on it for a while. Consistency lets you avoid the problems of rushing; consistency lets some things work themselves out.

When you have laboured on something for quite some time, when you achieve what you want, there is a shock, a sense of loss; being intent on something is like being held. Getting the thing can make you feel lost; the emotional disturbance of being adrift again obliterates the memory of your struggle and success.

Every time you achieve a goal it is a backstop — you can look back and remind yourself of your ability to achieve. Yet every achievement inspires you onwards, inflating grandiosity.

The middle is the hard part.

Reminds me about the guy who was half way across the English Channel when he realized he wasn’t going to make it, so he swam back again.

A few steps every day in the cool of the morning, and a few more as the sun sets —

so do we make our way across the Wasteland.