Eddie Pinero

But you are always moving towards that North Star.

Whatever it is for you.

It's deeming those parking spaces insignificant with regard to your life and your journey.

Quitting is not brought about by the external world.

No, failure is a decision.

Failure is saying, you know what, this costs more effort than I'm willing to pay.

Those parking spaces have become more tempting than the top of this mountain.

Failure is a choice.

And so, for one to succeed, they must simply stay in motion.

Choose adaptation over a self-imposed end.

Yeah, enjoy those moments of perfection, the times the stars do align.

But see them as the exception, not the rule.

We are not defined when things are great.

We are defined by our ability to pick up the pieces and keep moving forward when they're not.

Our lives are shaped by the exits we don't take, the parking spaces we don't even notice as we ascend the mountain that is life.

Because anything other than the road ahead was never an option.

You didn't succeed because things were perfect.

You succeeded because you found a way to win when they weren't.

To become something more is not to react to the world, but to create a new one, yours.

As my dad explained to me when I was in grade school, it's taking initiative, right?