What makes the best moments in our lives so special is that we don’t see them coming. Unfortunately, our worst moments can result from the same. This morning, I heard a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The years teach much which the days never know.”

There have been several times in my life when I felt like what was in front of me was more than I could handle. The thought of never drinking again seemed impossible. The idea of my life moving forward after losing a loved one felt unbearable. And the thought of never seeing the world move the way I used to felt too heavy.

Handling something difficult doesn’t have to mean you put on your boxing gloves. It’s simply what you do next. Sometimes handling the hard stuff just means getting up in the morning. Sometimes being brave is opening the window shade when we’d rather stay in the dark. And sometimes handling something is sharing with someone else who will walk through it with you.

It's the small, seemingly insignificant acts that show our greatest strength.

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