Introduction

The hard thing prompted me to question and doubt, but also provided the pieces i used to build my confidence. The hard thing meant forfeiting being the expert in my world in exchange for the role of student in a foreign arina. It showed that true growth requires a willingness to be the beginner. 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. And perhaps most importantly, we learn that such a rebuild process is possible to begin with,. That the now is not mandatory or permanent.