Eddie Pinero

But they're two different questions.

So remember that moving forward.

No matter how stuck you feel, if you have one, you simultaneously have a little seed capable of producing infinity.

It just needs attention.

Trust yourself to work through the logistics because that's all it is.

Transform the if into how and start building that staircase straight to the moon.

The hard thing brought me through hell, but also to that which exists on the other side.

The hard thing prompted me to question and doubt, but also provided the pieces I used to build my confidence little by little.

It made me ask the tough questions, the ones maybe I didn't want to hear the answer to.

but also gave me the power to transform those answers I didn't like.

The hard thing meant forfeiting being the expert in my world in exchange for the role of student in a foreign arena.

Gave me new ladders to climb, new possibilities to reach for.

It showed that true growth requires a willingness to be the beginner.

It took some people out of my arms, my circle, my work, and in some cases my life altogether, but always seemed to open the door to those souls better aligned, to those conducive to the journey and the process.

Let's remember what the hard thing is.

Beyond the pain, because we all know it does bring that.

Beyond the challenges, because there are certainly many.

Beyond all that exists the hope and the change and the promise.

Robert Frost says the best way out is always through.

Through because it's the chaos, the haze, the darkness of night that shapes us.