the people who have quit on their own lives will quietly recruit you into quitting on yours. not openly, never openly. through the sigh when you mention the plan, the small laugh at your optimism, the gentle reminder that things rarely work out. they're drowning and a drowning man does not lift you up, he climbs you to get one more breath. guard your reach from anyone who treats their ceiling as a law of physics.
@josbjohnson This sounds inspiring, but Ecclesiastes 9:11 says the race isn't always to the swift. God plants holy desires in us, but living in a broken world means poverty, sickness, and environment cut capable people short every day. A dream alone doesn't guarantee the capacity.