"You don’t have to erase your regrets. But you also don’t have to let them become proof that you’re a failure. They can simply be reminders that you were a young man trying to do his best under circumstances that were genuinely difficult."
It’s hard to see while you’re in it, but not every setback is actually working against you. Some are quietly working for you—just not in the way you expect.
It often feels like that in the moment—like something’s blocking what you really want or slowing you down for no reason. But later, you sometimes realize that delay or mistake pushed you in a better direction or made you more prepared when the right moment came.