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Sometimes it helps to get a little dose of encouragement—along with a good cup of coffee!—to start the day.

Hopefully the message below will help you get off to a good start for the week.  Please feel free to forward the newsletter on to others that you think would benefit from the content.

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Hard

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I used to work with a guy who liked to joke that life should be filled with “fat puppies and fluffy kitties.” He didn’t actually believe that—it was his way of pointing out how absurd our idealized version of life can be. You know the one: always happy, always comfortable, always smooth.

But real life? It’s not always easy.
And honestly, it shouldn't be.

If everything was handed to us, what would we actually learn? How would we grow? Where would the depth of our stories come from?

It's in the struggles—the uncertain, challenging, even painful moments—that we shape who we are. Those seasons forge resilience, wisdom, and strength. They teach us to value the journey, not just the destination.

That said, let’s not sugarcoat it: sometimes life gets really hard. So hard, it feels impossible.

But here's the truth—those moments are rarely impossible. They simply ask us to do one thing:
Take the next step.

And then have faith that when we get there, we’ll have what we need to take the one after that.

This isn’t about being reckless or ignoring the need to prepare. It's about understanding that we can never fully predict what lies ahead. So we prepare the best we can—and then we move forward anyway, trusting that we're equipped enough to handle what comes next.

That brings us to this week’s question:

• Are you willing to take on the things in life that are hard?

Thanks for sharing a bit of your time with me this Monday morning.  

Have a great week!

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Blog post from this past week:

Monday Morning Motivation - Worry