“Even if you’re surrounded by positive people, they will have ideas about who you are, what you’re good at, and how you should focus your energy.  That sh*t is just human nature, and if you try to break out of their box you’ll get some unsolicited advice that has a way of smothering your aspirations if you let it.  Often our people don’t mean any harm.  Nobody who cares about us actually wants us to get hurt.  They want us to be safe, comfortable, and happy, and not to have to stare at the floor in a dungeon sifting through shards of our broken dreams.  Too bad.  There’s a lot of potential in those moments of pain.  And if you figure out how to piece that picture back together, you’ll find a hell of a lot of power there too!” ~ David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me